News and Trends 9 Aug 2022 Mersana Therapeutics announces collaboration with GSK for the co-development of cancer treatment A global collaboration was announced today (August 9) between Mersana Therapeutics Inc and GSK plc that will give GSK the option to co-develop and commercialize an antibody drug conjugate (ADC). The ADC called XMT-2056 is designed to activate the innate immune system through STING signaling in both tumor-resident immune cells and in tumor cells. Anna […] August 9, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 8 Aug 2022 Lung cancer trial patients responding well to combination treatment offered by HUTCHMED and AstraZeneca A medication used to treat non-small cell lung carcinomas (NSCLC) with specific mutations has demonstrated a 49% objective response rate (ORR) in patients. AstraZeneca and HUTCHMED announced that TAGRISSO Plus Savolitinib – a third generation epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor – was helping patients with high levels of mesenchymal epithelial transition (MET). […] August 8, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 8 Aug 2022 HUTCHMED drug in colorectal cancer trial meets primary endpoint A trial to look at the use of a drug targeting refractory metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) has met its primary endpoint of overall survival (OS) in patients with the disease. China’s HUTCHMED Limited announced today (August 8) that the phase 3 FRESCO-2 trial investigating the use of fruquintinib had met all secondary endpoints too. The […] August 8, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 8 Aug 2022 Genmab and BioNTech expand collaboration to develop and commercialize immunotherapy candidates A collaboration between Genmab and BioNTech to develop and commercialize immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer patients has been expanded. Under the expansion announced today (August 5), the companies will jointly work to research, develop, and commercialize novel monospecific antibody candidates for various cancer indications. Since 2015, the companies have been working on the joint […] August 8, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 5 Aug 2022Beyond Biotech podcast 8: Biotech Growth Trust, Deep Science Ventures, Endogena Therapeutics, eureKARE This week’s podcast guests are Laura Fletcher, head of business development and strategic partnerships at Deep Science Ventures; Matthias Steger, CEO of Endogena Therapeutics; Rodolphe Besserve, CEO, and Georges Rawadi, chief of biotech studio development, at eureKARE; and Biotech Growth Trust portfolio manager, Geoff Hsu. Endogena Therapeutics to start clinical stage with treatment for blindness […] August 5, 2022 Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 4 Aug 2022 Sanofi and Innovent Biologics to collaborate on oncology medicines and boost China presence Sanofi and Innovent Biologics are to collaborate on providing medicines to patients in China with difficult-to-treat cancers. Innovent is a biopharmaceutical company with clinical development capabilities and a broad commercial footprint in China. Both companies said they are committed to accelerating the development and commercialization of two Sanofi key clinical stage oncology assets: Phase III […] August 4, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 4 Aug 2022 Deal worth $3.7B sealed as Amgen buys biopharma ChemoCentryx A company producing drugs including TAVNEOS to treat autoimmune diseases, plus others dealing with inflammatory disorders and cancer has been bought by biopharmaceutical company, Amgen for $52 per share. ChemoCentryx and Amgen have entered a definitive agreement worth approximately $3.7 billion. Robert Bradway, chairman and chief executive officer at Amgen, said: “The acquisition of ChemoCentryx […] August 4, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 4 Aug 2022 New breast cancer treatment receives funding Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland have received funding from Breast Cancer Now to search for new treatments inspired by COVID-19 vaccine innovation. The research team will adapt lessons from the development of COVID-19 vaccines in the hunt for new treatments for an aggressive form of breast cancer. Niamh Buckley and Helen McCarthy […] August 4, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 3 Aug 2022 Patients with advanced cancer set to benefit from ProfoundBio’s new drug Patients with ovarian, endometrial, breast, non-small cell lung cancers and mesothelioma could benefit from an antibody drug conjugate (ADC) after clearance of an investigational new drug (IND) was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ProfoundBio received the FDA’s ‘study may proceed’ letter today (August 3) to evaluate PRO1184, a folate receptor […] August 3, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 3 Aug 2022 Allarity Therapeutics drug no longer commercially viable or in shareholders’ best interest Allarity Therapeutics, after meeting with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has decided a growth factor receptor drug it licensed from Novartis is no longer commercially viable or in the best interests of its shareholders. A type C advisory meeting was held between Allarity and the FDA to discuss a development path for dovitinib. […] August 3, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 3 Aug 2022 Allarity Therapeutics takes advice from its board and switches focus to combination therapies US-based Allarity Therapeutics has made a decision to change tack and focus on combination therapy approaches while making the most of its current assets. The company says the new strategy, driven by its board of directors, aligns with the ongoing shift in oncology standard-of-care moving away from monotherapies. Instead it will veer towards more promising […] August 3, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 3 Aug 2022 Orca Bio announces Precision-T phase 3 study open and enrolling patients across US transplant centers US-based Orca Bio, today announced Precision-T, its pivotal phase 3 study, is open, enrolling and treating 174 leukemia patients at more than 20 clinical trial sites. Precision-T is a randomized, open-label multi-center study that is evaluating the safety and efficacy of Orca Bio’s lead investigational high-precision cell therapy, Orca-T, compared to standard of care allogeneic […] August 3, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email