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Ona Therapeutics, a Barcelona-based drugmaker, is developing next-generation drugs it says could help patients with advanced forms of breast and colorectal cancers.

Initial findings show that the therapy reduced or eliminated disease signs in all recipients, sparking hopes that the treatment might be competitive with “ex vivo” medicines like Novartis’ Kymriah.

A proposal to add biotechnology to the COINS Act follows two big deals involving Pfizer and Bristol Myers, and comes amid U.S. fears that China’s drugmaking progress may threaten national security.