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Best in Biotech 9 May 2023

5 cancers that immunotherapy can cure

Cancer immunotherapy dates back to 1891, when William Coley became the first person to try and harness the immune system to treat cancer. Since then, immunotherapy has become the mainstay…

May 9, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

News and Trends 19 Jan 2023

GPCR Therapeutics launches multiple myeloma trial

GPCR Therapeutics, Inc., a drug discovery company targeting G Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCR) pairs, has started its phase 2 trial in the U.S. for its lead small molecule asset, GPC-100. …

January 19, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 3 Jan 2023

Janssen looks for talquetamab marketing approval

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson has submitted a marketing authorisation application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for approval of talquetamab for the treatment of patients…

January 3, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 3 Jan 2023

Legend Biotech new drug application approved in China

Legend Biotech Corporation has announced that China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has formally accepted its new drug application (NDA) for ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel). This submission is based on data…

January 3, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 12 Dec 2022

Step Pharma announces promising pre-clinical cancer data

Step Pharma has announced encouraging pre-clinical data on its first-in-class, highly selective, orally bioavailable CTPS1 inhibitor, STP938. The data were presented at the 64th American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual…

December 12, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 18 Nov 2022

MIF invests in KAHR to explore lead immunotherapy drug for multiple myeloma

KAHR Medical, a clinical stage biotech company that is developing a treatment for solid tumors and blood cancers has received investment from the Myeloma Investment Fund (MIF). MIF has made…

November 18, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 3 Oct 2022

Oncopeptides starts European commercialization of myeloma drug in Germany

Swedish biotech company Oncopeptides AB has initiated the commercial launch of Pepaxti (melphalan flufenamide) in Germany. It marks the first market in Europe where the drug is being launched. On…

October 3, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Sep 2022

Knockback for drug to treat patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma

A Swedish biotech company says it believes its treatment could be the ‘canary in the coalmine’ despite a knockback. The Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) has said it does not…

September 23, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 14 Sep 2022

Collaboration to explore gene therapy products for neurodegenerative disorders

Coave Therapeutics is collaborating with the Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases (IMN) of Bordeaux to develop gene therapy proteins targeting protein degradation in neurodegenerative disorders. The IMN is a joint research…

September 14, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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News and Trends 28 Jan 2019

Update: US District Court Rules Against MorphoSys’ Cancer Immunotherapy Patents

Update (01/02/2019): MorphoSys has agreed to end its long-running legal battle with Genmab and Janssen, after the US District Court of Delaware declared three of its cancer immunotherapy patents invalid. MorphoSys began…

January 28, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 28 May 2018

Genmab and Janssen Suffer Combination Therapy Setback

Janssen will discontinue a Phase I study testing Danish biotech Genmab's blood cancer blockbuster daratumumab combined with a candidate checkpoint inhibitor in patients with multiple myeloma. Janssen, which obtained the…

May 28, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

Best in Biotech 18 Dec 2017

Smile! Here are the 12 Biggest Biotech Clinical Successes of 2017

Now that we've got the bad news out of the way, we're here to spread some Christmas cheer with the biggest clinical successes in biotech over the past 12 months.…

December 18, 2017 - 9 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 17 Nov 2017

Welcome to the Blockbuster Club, Genmab!

Genmab has achieved $1B sales in the US of its blood cancer drug, Darzalex, setting a great example for other European biotechs to follow. Genmab has officially joined the elite of…

November 17, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 1 Mar 2017

Swedish Oncology Biotech makes a Large IPO for its Peptides

The Swedish company Oncopeptides raised €68M with its IPO on Nasdaq Stockholm, which will allow the company to push their compound into phase III trials. Oncopeptides was founded in 2000 and…

March 1, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

Best in Biotech 22 Dec 2016

The 10 Biggest Clinical Success Stories of 2016 in European Biotech

What are the most impressive advances in medical biotechnology this year? From cancer to peanut allergy, here's a list of the best success stories of 2016. Biotech is becoming a…

December 22, 2016 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 6 Dec 2016

How is European Immuno-Oncology fighting Blood Cancer?

From leukemia to multiple myeloma, biotech is working hard to cure blood cancer. This year's edition of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting features immuno-oncology therapies developed by…

December 6, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 1 Dec 2016

Spain joins the Antibody-Drug Conjugate Bandwagon to fight Cancer

PharmaMar announced positive preclinical results for an ADC candidate, showing that the traditional chemistry-based pharma companies are shifting towards the new generation of biologicals. PharmaMar is an oncology pharma in…

December 1, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 21 Nov 2016

Celyad’s Autologous CAR-T Therapy enters Phase Ib

Celyad has received approval to start Phase Ib trials in Belgium with its autologous CAR-T therapy, which can target 80% of tumors. After a successful Phase I in leukemia and myeloma,…

November 21, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 28 Oct 2016

TCR and Checkpoint inhibitors: A Match made in Heaven for Blood Cancer

Adaptimmune and MSD are collaborating to test a therapy for multiple myeloma that combines some of the most promising technologies in immuno-oncology: TCR and checkpoint inhibitors. Adaptimmune is an immuno-oncology billion-euro…

October 28, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 30 Jun 2016

Key German Hospital to start a Phase I trial in TCR Cell Therapy

Medigene will make its clinical debut in TCR, in a collaboration with the Max Delbrück Centre and the Charité Hospital in Berlin. The planned Phase I trial focus on the…

June 30, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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