Drug Discovery World

JULY 26, 2023

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. The drug, MOv18 IgE, was developed by researchers at King’s College London.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Lu Rahman selects some of the year’s interesting and noteworthy advances in cancer research drug discovery and development. As always, a year within cancer drug discovery and development brings with it significant breakthroughs, and 2023 has been no exception. Figures from the Amercian Cancer Society 1 state that “a little over 1.9

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Roots Analysis

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

On November 1, 2019, Avacta Group and ADC Therapeutics have announced a collaboration agreement for the development of novel drug candidates. The firm also has the right to obtain exclusive licenses to the Affimer proteins for clinical development and commercialization.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 3, 2023

Adcendo, a biotech company focused on the development of breakthrough antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for the treatment of cancers with a high unmet medical need, has completed a successful Series A extension financing round, raising a further €31 million, following the €51 million Series A financing in April 2021.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Gilead Sciences has made yet another rush into the oncology category, licensing a bispecific antibody from MacroGenics in development as a treatment for CD123-positive blood cancers, including acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Along with the signing fee, there is another $1.7

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 25, 2022

The treatment is indicated for patients with no history of Factor VIII inhibitors and any detectable antibodies to adeno-associated virus serotype 5 (AAV5). The approval is based on comprehensive data from the clinical development programme of Roctavian, including two-year findings from the international Phase III GENEr8-1 clinical trial.

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Roots Analysis

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Given the robust pipeline of biologics, which include monoclonal antibodies, vaccines and other protein-based therapeutic products, subcutaneous medications are being investigated for various clinical candidates across different phases of development.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Cantargia AB (OMXS: CANTA) and BioInvent International AB (OMXS: BINV), today announced that BioInvent has been contracted as manufacturer of Cantargia’s antibody CAN10 in preclinical development for the treatment of systemic sclerosis and myocarditis. LUND, Sweden , Nov. About BioInvent.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 23, 2023

Seagen specialises in developing antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) which will complement Pfizer’s oncology portfolio. Seagen will maintain its operations in the Seattle area and will leverage Pfizer’s protein-engineering capabilities to develop next-generation biologics.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 11, 2022

Disc focuses on discovering and developing new therapies for patients with serious haematologic ailments. They include various patient clinical trials for Disc’s programmes, bitopertin and DISC-0974, which are currently in the clinical development stage. Last year, Disc in-licensed bitopertin from Roche.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 7, 2024

Following closing, the company will have an expanded pipeline that contains multiple assets spanning early and late development stages. The merged pipeline features an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) toolkit with novel payload and linker technologies.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Using CytomX’s Probody and Regeneron’s Veloci-Bi platforms, the collaboration and licensing agreement aims to enable the development of investigational next-generation bispecific immunotherapies. The deal with Regeneron comes months after CytomX Therapeutics laid off 40% of its workers.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 13, 2022

Sanofi has joined a growing list of drugmakers going after alpha-synuclein targeting drugs for Parkinson’s disease, licensing a bispecific antibody from South Korea’s ABL Bio in a deal that could be worth more than $1 billion. Despite the interest, there have already been some failures in the alpha-synuclein category.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 10, 2024

The acquisition includes Aiolos’ AIO-001, a potentially best-in-class, long-acting anti-thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) monoclonal antibody ready to enter Phase II clinical development for asthma, with potential for additional indications.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

It is competing in the US with rival oral CGRPs, namely AbbVie’s Qulipta (atogepant) which was approved for episodic migraine prevention in September and AbbVie’s Ubrelvy (ubrogepant) in the acute treatment category, as well as several CGRP-targeting antibodies delivered by injection or infusion from Amgen, Eli Lilly, Teva and Lundbeck.

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XTalks

MARCH 1, 2021

The study is part of a broad development plan to assess the durability of the immunogenic responses elicited by its vaccine and the emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants. The third dose will be administered to the participants regardless of antibody titer levels. The study will be a part of current Phase I, II and III trials.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

DDW Editor Reece Armstrong speaks to Christian Leisner , Chief Executive Officer of antibody therapeutics’ developer CDR-Life about methods to increase access to antigens and improving immunotherapy treatments. RA: What kind of T-cell response can we expect from the MHC-targeting antibody fragment-based approach?

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 29, 2022

Evusheld significantly reduced the risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19 in PROVENT Phase III trial, with protection lasting at least six months Evusheld retains neutralising activity against the Omicron BA.2 2 subvariant, now the dominant strain in Europe. 1-3 Evusheld was generally well-tolerated in the trial. W911QY-21-9-0001.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 13, 2021

The patent application is titled “Anti-CD154 Antibodies and Uses Thereof” and published under International Publication No. Dr. Lederman added, “We believe the development risk of TNX-1500 is mitigated by previous clinical data and extensive preclinical science with ruplizumab. WO 2021/001458 A1.

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 22, 2022

Astellas has said it will book a $170 million impairment charge in its fourth quarter results as a result of a decision to halt the development of three gene therapy candidates for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in preclinical development. The post Astellas takes $170m charge as it drops DMD gene therapies appeared first on.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Sanofi has added to its rare disease pipeline by licensing an antibody-RNA conjugate (ARC) for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), a genetic muscle disorder, from US biotech miRecule. The aim will be to identify promising candidates in areas of “unmet patient need.”

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Novartis has joined the ranks of big pharma companies developing TIGIT-targeted drugs for cancer, and found its candidate in an existing partner, Chinese biotech BeiGene. Novartis licensed rights to tislelizumab for $650 million upfront and up to $1.55 Novartis licensed rights to tislelizumab for $650 million upfront and up to $1.55

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 29, 2020

As in earlier outpatient trial, immune status when patients entered the trial was a strong predictor of viral load and clinical outcomes. First antibody therapy to demonstrate anti-viral effect in patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. futility analysis). The results passed the futility analysis (p<0.3

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Related: Pfizer to Acquire RSV Antiviral Developer ReViral in $525 Million Deal. In the announcement, Pfizer said it plans to submit a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the FDA by the end of this year for the vaccine candidate and other regulatory authorities thereafter in the coming months.

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XTalks

JULY 17, 2023

In a significant development, Astellas Pharma announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) had accepted their applications for Priority Review and Marketing Authorization respectively for zolbetuximab. Furthermore, atezolizumab is in Phase II clinical development by F.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 17, 2020

NASDAQ: REGN ) today announced that the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has published initial clinical data from an ongoing seamless Phase 1/2/3 trial of the antibody cocktail casirivimab and imdevimab in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19. TARRYTOWN, N.Y. , 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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The Pharma Data

MAY 7, 2021

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, which is based on BioNTech proprietary mRNA technology, was developed by both BioNTech and Pfizer. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine has not been approved or licensed by the U.S.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 12, 2021

Dark antigens are associated with specific cancers and are shared across patients and since typically not visible to the immune system, they represent a large potential repertoire of novel antigens that can be developed as targets for new immunotherapies.

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 10, 2020

Novavax is partnering up with the Serum Institute of India Private Limited (SIIPL) in a licensing deal to development and marketing of up to one billion doses of its potential recombinant COVID-19 vaccine candidate, NVX?CoV2373. The candidate is built upon a stable, prefusion protein and includes Novavax’s Matrix?M M adjuvant.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Gilead Sciences has forged closer ties to its cancer drug partner Arcus Biosciences , although a licensing deal doesn’t go as far as the takeover that some market commentators have been predicting. Gilead has already snapped up rights to PD-1 inhibitor zimberelimab (AB122), another clinical-stage candidate covered by the alliance.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Exelixis has taken a $20 million option to license in an antibody-drug conjugate cancer (ADC) drug from Iconic, with clinical trials expected to start next year. After taking the option Exelixis now has responsibility for clinical development, marketing and manufacturing of the Tissue Factor (TF) targeting drug known as XB002.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 12, 2021

Dr Graham is a medicines development expert and Infectious Diseases Epidemiologist with global Biotech and Pharma R&D experience in Phase I-IV therapeutics as well as in-vivo & in-vitro diagnostics, across many modalities. He has in depth Global Development Expertise (e.g. NEW YORK and LONDON, Jan. Graham earned an M.D.,

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Biogen’s efforts to replenish its multiple sclerosis pipeline have suffered a setback, after the FDA placed a clinical hold on a drug candidate it licensed from China’s InnoCare last year for $125 million upfront. Antibodies like Ocrevus also struggle to penetrate the CNS and hit MS at the site of the problem.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Gilead Sciences has entered an exclusive option and partnership agreement with MacroGenics for developing bispecific antibodies. Under the deal, the companies will leverage MacroGenics’ DART platform to develop MGD024 as well as two further bispecific research programmes.

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Delveinsight

DECEMBER 1, 2020

BASE10 Collaborates with DNA Link for COVID-19 Antibody Test Research. US-based BASE10 Genetics and Korean firm DNA Link announced a collaboration on a research project to appraise the usability of the DNA Link’s antibody test, AccuFind COVID-19 IgG, in a healthcare setting. CABOMETYX is already approved in the U.S.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 19, 2021

RIIB antibody, BI-1206, a novel monoclonal antibody that specifically targets the antibody “brakes” to help overcome resistance to rituximab. LUND, Sweden , Jan. Dr Jerkeman will also discuss his experience in treating these patients with BioInvent’s anti-Fc?RIIB About BioInvent.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 16, 2021

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). billion upfront, when it licensed the ADC from Daiichi Sankyo in 2019.

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