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Cancer Research UK and UCB advance oncology antibody candidates

Drug Discovery World

Cancer Research UK and UCB have agreed a clinical development collaboration to advance two of UCB’s investigational oncology antibody candidates through clinical trials. If successful in clinical trials the investigational candidates may have the potential to offer cancer patients access to new targeted treatment options.

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Partners explore NK cell therapy and bispecific antibodies combination

Drug Discovery World

ONK Therapeutics and NAYA Biosciences have agreed to develop a combination therapy of ONK’s optimally-engineered natural killer (NK) cell therapies and NAYA’s FLEX-NK bispecific antibodies. Both companies will share the costs of manufacturing and preclinical assessments.

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Three trends in the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) market 

Drug Discovery World

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are biopharmaceutical products in which a monoclonal antibody (mAB) is linked to a small molecule drug with a stable linker 1. According to NCBI, most of the ADCs developed so far are for use in the treatment of cancer, but there is plenty of potential for using ADCs to treat other diseases 1.

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BioInvent and Cantargia sign manufacturing agreement for monoclonal antibody CAN10

The Pharma Data

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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Fusion Pharmaceuticals receives FDA IND approval for FPI-2068

Pharmaceutical Technology

Fusion stated that FPI-2068 will become the first programme to enter clinical development under its collaboration agreement with AstraZeneca. It will conduct the Phase I trial, while AstraZeneca will handle the subsequent clinical development of FPI-2068.

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A personal view on antibody drug development

Drug Discovery World

Oliver Schon, PhD, is VP Research & Development at BiVictriX Therapeutics, a UK-based emerging drug discovery and development company generating a pioneering first-in-class next-generation ADC anti-cancer therapeutics which exhibit superior selectivity towards cancer.

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STRO-002 by Sutro Biopharma for Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Likelihood of Approval

Pharmaceutical Technology

STRO-002 is under clinical development by Sutro Biopharma and currently in Phase I for Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia. It is a monoclonal antibody conjugate that acts by targeting f olate receptor alpha (FolR alpha). Sutro Biopharma owns a manufacturing facility in San Carlos, California.

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