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?We don?t want to do what the others do,? Archinard said during the interview. ?Companies that don?t have a strategic shareholder are forced to sell their assets very soon, too soon.?

Transgene may buy technology, patents and products to expand its therapeutic vaccine and oncolytic virus businesses, Archinard said. Oncolytic viruses, Transgene?s third area of development, are engineered to infect and destroy cancer cells.

?A certain number of talks are under way? for possible acquisitions, Archinard said, without elaborating further.