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AstraZeneca to deliver Covid-19 antibody therapy doses to Switzerland

Pharmaceutical Technology

AstraZeneca has signed a deal with the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) of Switzerland to deliver over 1,200 doses of antibody therapy, tixagevimab and cilgavimab combination (AZD7442), for Covid-19 prevention and treatment. In June 2020, these antibodies, discovered at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, were licensed to AstraZeneca.

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Corbus and CSPC Megalith sign licence agreement for antibody drug conjugate

Pharmaceutical Technology

Precision oncology firm Corbus Pharmaceuticals and CSPC Megalith Biopharmaceutical have entered an exclusive licensing agreement for the latter’s new clinical stage antibody drug conjugate (ADC), CRB-701 (SYS6002). We look forward to working with CSPC to advance clinical development of this asset and realise its full potential.”

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Eisai joins the ADC golden rush

Pharmaceutical Technology

On 8 May 2023, China-based Bliss Biopharmaceutical (BlissBio) announced a clinical trial collaboration with Eisai to develop BB-1701, an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) for multiple cancer types. Seagen has three marketed ADCs as well as two novel ones, one of which, disitamab vedotin, is HER2-directed.

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Cell therapies in AML inch closer to market while facing challenges

Pharmaceutical Technology

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is part of a market of blood malignancies that commercial cell therapies have not managed to penetrate yet. Antigens such as CD123 and CD33, despite being markers of myeloid cells, are shared with their healthy counterparts, and myeloablation following their depletion often leads to detrimental clinical outcomes.

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Sanofi and Innate Pharma extend cancer therapeutics partnership

Pharmaceutical Technology

With the latest development, Sanofi will licence a NK cell engager programme that acts on B7H3 from the antibody-based NK cell engager therapeutics (ANKET) platform of Innate. On choosing the candidate, the company will oversee the complete development, production and marketing.

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Which diseases are poised to benefit from therapeutic antibody development

Drug Discovery World

DDW’s Megan Thomas looks at how different diseases will benefit from the success of therapeutic antibodies. Cancer Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are a type of targeted drug therapy, and as such are often used to treat cancer. This is not only made clear by the fact that the global cancer mAbs market size was valued at $55.6

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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.