Corixa was a biotechnology/pharmaceutical company based in Seattle, Washington, involved in the development of immunotherapeutics to combat autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases, and cancer.
It operated a laboratory and production facility in Hamilton, Montana.
In 2005, the European pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline completed the acquisition of Corixa.
[1] GSK had formerly made use of the Corixa's MPL (Monophosphoryl lipid A, a derivative of the lipid A molecule), an adjuvant in some of their vaccines.
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