Roche trumpeted a top-line results of the POLARIX trial of its Polivy therapy in previously-untreated B-cell lymphoma, and a first look at the data suggests it is on track for approval in what could be a highly lucrative new market. An abstract of the results published ahead of the upcoming American Society of Haematology (ASH) …
ASH abstract drop backs Roche’s Polivy in first-line lymphoma Read More »
The dominance of Merck & Co’s Keytruda in the treatment of previously-untreated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) means it will be hard to dislodge – so AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo have forged an alliance in the hope of piggy-backing on that success. AZ and Daiichi Sankyo have agreed to partner with Merck on a second …
AZ/Daiichi partner with Merck on first-line lung cancer trial Read More »
Seagen is a specialist in antibody-drug conjugates, but has looked to Chinese biotech RemeGen for a HER2-targeting candidate that could challenge rival drugs from AstraZeneca/Daiichi Sankyo and Roche. The US company is paying $200 million upfront for rex-Asian rights to RemeGen’s disitamab vedotin, with another $2.4 billion in possible future payments tied to future successes …
HER2 heats up as Seagen licenses RemeGen ADC for $2.6bn Read More »
Roche has the results it was hoping for in a phase 3 trial of Polivy in newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) – an indication it thinks could be worth up to $2 billion. The Swiss drugmaker reported top-line results from the POLARIX study this morning, showing that Polivy (polatuzumab vedotin) was able to …
Armed with ph3 trial, Roche preps filing for Polivy in first-line DLBCL Read More »
ProfoundBio is developing a type of targeted cancer therapy called antibody drug conjugates. As the biotech looks ahead to clinical trials, it has raised more than $55 million in Series A funding.
Japan’s Eisai has hit the jackpot with its first ever antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) drug candidate, attracting a licensing deal from Bristol-Myers Squibb that could top out at more than $3.1 billion. BMS is making a hefty $650 million upfront payment to Eisai for global co-development and co-commercialisation rights to MORAb-202, which couples an anti-folate receptor …
BMS pays $650m upfront for Eisai’s first ADC candidate for cancer Read More »
California biotech Ambrx Biopharma is hoping to raise $126 million from a listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that will be used in part to fund clinical development of ARX-788, its HER2-targeting antibody drug conjugate (ADC). The Scripps Research spinout could be just 18 months away from licensee NovoCodex reporting results of a …
Ambrx tries another IPO as it chases down HER2 rivals Read More »
The list of FDA-approved antibody drug conjugates (ADC) is growing, and two more biotech startups have emerged from stealth with new cash and new approaches to this type of cancer drug. Adcendo and Adcentrx raised a combined $112 from their Series A financings.
With FDA approval of Zynlonta, ADC Therapeutics can offer patients who have diffuse large B-cell lymphoma an option if CAR-T therapy doesn’t work. Additional clinical trials are underway that could expand use of the antibody drug conjugate to more cancer patients.
NICE has recommended the use of AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu in draft guidance, the first time the drug has been commissioned in any European country. The UK health technology assessment (HTA) agency has backed Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) as a therapy for HER2 positive breast cancer which can’t be surgically removed or which has spread …
Enhertu cleared for NHS use via Cancer Drugs Fund Read More »
The next milestone in Seagen and Astellas’ bid to build their antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) Padcev into a blockbuster will come in August, when the FDA concludes an accelerated review of two bladder cancer filings. One of the filings is to convert the ADC’s current conditional approval as a later-line therapy for urothelial cancer in patients …
Astellas, Seagen seek speedy reviews of Padcev in bladder cancer Read More »
Boehringer Ingelheim has expanded its oncology focus for the second time this week by buying Swiss biotech NBE-Therapeutics, adding an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) platform led by a drug for a hard-to-treat form of breast cancer. The German pharma group is paying €1.18 billion ($1.43bn) for all the shares in privately-held NBE, based in Basel, and …
Boehringer buys NBE for €1.18bn, adding cancer ADC expertise Read More »
ADC Therapeutics could claim its first product approval in the US next May, after the FDA started a priority review of lead drug Lonca for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Lonca – short for loncastuximab tesirine (formerly ADCT-402) – is an antibody-drug conjugate that combines an antibody against CD19 …
FDA sets May date for verdict on ADC’s lymphoma drug Lonca Read More »
English
Afrikaans
Shqip
አማርኛ
العربية
Հայերեն
Azərbaycan dili
Euskara
Беларуская мова
বাংলা
Bosanski
Български
Català
Cebuano
Chichewa
简体中文
繁體中文
Corsu
Hrvatski
Čeština
Dansk
Nederlands
Esperanto
Eesti
Filipino
Suomi
Français
Frysk
Galego
ქართული
Deutsch
Ελληνικά
ગુજરાતી
Kreyol ayisyen
Harshen Hausa
Ōlelo Hawaiʻi
עִבְרִית
हिन्दी
Hmong
Magyar
Íslenska
Igbo
Bahasa Indonesia
Gaelige
Italiano
日本語
Basa Jawa
ಕನ್ನಡ
Қазақ тілі
ភាសាខ្មែរ
한국어
كوردی
Кыргызча
ພາສາລາວ
Latin
Latviešu valoda
Lietuvių kalba
Lëtzebuergesch
Македонски јазик
Malagasy
Bahasa Melayu
മലയാളം
Maltese
Te Reo Māori
मराठी
Монгол
ဗမာစာ
नेपाली
Norsk bokmål
پښتو
فارسی
Polski
Português
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
Română
Русский
Samoan
Gàidhlig
Српски језик
Sesotho
Shona
سنڌي
සිංහල
Slovenčina
Slovenščina
Afsoomaali
Español
Basa Sunda
Kiswahili
Svenska
Тоҷикӣ
தமிழ்
తెలుగు
ไทย
Türkçe
Українська
اردو
O‘zbekcha
Tiếng Việt
Cymraeg
isiXhosa
יידיש
Yorùbá
Zulu