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Immuno-oncology has become the fastest-growing area in the pharmaceutical industry. In this Perspective, Hoos provides an overview of the history of immuno-oncology and investigates the factors that have led to its success. Moreover, he discusses the three generations of immunotherapies that have been developed since 2011 and provides an outlook to the future directions of drug discovery and development in immuno-oncology.
