article thumbnail

Accelerated development for Covid-19 monoclonal antibody

Drug Discovery World

A monoclonal antibody to prevent Covid-19 in vulnerable patients, AZD3152, has entered clinical trials less than 12 months after discovery. . Hugo Fry, CEO of RQ Bio, comments: “We’re delighted that one of our discovered antibodies is now at the core of an innovative AstraZeneca investigational medicine reaching clinical trials.” .

article thumbnail

New class of antibody cancer drug shows promise

Drug Discovery World

A Cancer Research UK-funded clinical trial has shown, for the first time, that a new class of antibody could benefit cancer patients whose existing treatments have stopped working. Currently, all antibodies approved for the treatment of cancer belong to a class known as IgG.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

MenQuadfi® demonstrates superior immune response against serogroup C meningococcal disease in toddlers

The Pharma Data

Phase 3 study met primary and secondary endpoints demonstrating MenQuadfi ® induced superior immune responses to serogroup C compared to a standard-of-care vaccine in healthy toddlers MenQuadfi is the first and only quadrivalent ACWY vaccine to demonstrate superior immune response against serogroup C in toddlers.

article thumbnail

Oral COVID-19 vaccine beckons, as ImmunityBio licenses iosBio tech

pharmaphorum

ImmunityBio has licensed technology underpinning a COVID-19 vaccine that could be administered orally rather than by injection from UK biotech iosBio. Soon-Shiong said that oral vaccines could have another key advantage as they stimulate mucosal, systemic and T-cell immune responses. “As

Licensing 117
article thumbnail

AvantGen Announces Licensing of Its Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies to IGM Biosciences for COVID-19 Therapy Development

The Pharma Data

a San Diego-based biotechnology company with an array of technology platforms for antibody discovery and optimization, and novel NK and T cell engager generation, today announced licensing of a panel of its anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody clones to IGM Biosciences for COVID-19 therapy development.

article thumbnail

Gilead licenses Jounce immunotherapy for $800m

pharmaphorum

The drug, JTX-1811, is a monoclonal antibody designed to selectively deplete immunosuppressive tumour-infiltrating T regulatory (TITR) cells. . When JTX-1811 binds to CCR8, it targets TITR cells for depletion by an enhanced antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity mechanism. . In 2016 Celgene signed a $2.6

article thumbnail

AbbVie preps filings for lymphoma bispecific licensed from Genmab

pharmaphorum

Epcoritamab is a bispecific antibody which targets CD3 on white blood cells and CD20 on tumour cells, and is designed to encourage an immune response against the cancer. The post AbbVie preps filings for lymphoma bispecific licensed from Genmab appeared first on. billion product at peak. billion product at peak.