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Antibody therapy shows anti-tumour activity in advanced cancer

Drug Discovery World

In an early phase clinical trial, a combination of antibody-based medications targeting the immune system generated promising safety data and anti-tumour activity in individuals with advanced cancer. Both medications tested in the trial support immune responses against tumour cells.

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

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Absci and M2GEN partner to expedite cancer drug development

Pharmaceutical Technology

Under the collaboration, Absci’s generative AI drug creation platform will use M2GEN’s ORIEN AVATAR (AVATAR), a clinical and molecular data set, to speed up the creation of therapies for a range of malignancies and patient profiles.

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AbbVie partners with Immunome for new cancer drug targets discovery

Pharmaceutical Technology

AbbVie has entered a global collaboration and option agreement with Immunome to discover new antibody-target pairs for cancer treatment. The multi-year collaboration will use Immunome’s Discovery Engine to discover up to ten new antibody pairs arising from three specified types of tumours.

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China’s NMPA accepts IND for SinoMab BioScience’s SM17 to treat asthma

Pharmaceutical Technology

The Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has accepted an investigational new drug application (IND) for SinoMab BioScience’s SM17 to treat asthma. It can suppress Th2 immune responses by binding to IL-17RB on Type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s).

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Feinstein Institutes researchers discover new protein for sepsis treatment

Pharmaceutical Technology

Led by Feinstein Institutes researcher Haichao Wang, the new study focuses on detecting protein mediators that might contribute to uncontrolled immune responses to lethal infections. It explores the monoclonal antibody detection that may work against procathepsin-L (pCTS-L), a pro-inflammatory protein mediator, as the potential remedy.

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Using single-cell technology to create human antibody-based therapeutics

Drug Discovery World

Taking a human-first approach, Infinimmune is leveraging single-cell technology to create truly human antibody-based therapeutics directly derived from the human immune system. MT: Can you provide me with an overview of what Infinimmune does currently and the potential it sees in the antibody-based therapeutics market?