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Lilly and Kumquat Biosciences Announce Collaboration to Discover and Develop Novel Small Molecules that Stimulate Tumor-Specific Immune Responses

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Loxo Oncology at Lilly, a research and development group of Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY), and Kumquat Biosciences today announced an exclusive collaboration focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of potential novel small molecules that stimulate tumor-specific immune responses.

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Zydus gets FDA approval for antibiotic drug azithromycin

Pharmaceutical Technology

The company stated that azithromycin tablets generated annual sales of $20m in the US. The vaccine, which generates the SARS-CoV-2 viral spike protein on administration, induces the immune system’s cellular and humoral arm-mediated immune response.

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Astellas and Sutro partner to develop immunostimulatory ADCs

Pharmaceutical Technology

Contingent to the cost and profit-sharing option of Sutro for the US region, the company will receive tiered royalties on global commercial product sales. Furthermore, the company is entitled to get up to $422.5m on meeting development, regulatory and commercial milestones for each product candidate.

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AbbVie partners with Immunome for new cancer drug targets discovery

Pharmaceutical Technology

Additionally, the company will be eligible for up to $120m in development and first commercial sales milestones per target. Immunome will also receive up to $70m in additional platform access payments based on AbbVie’s continued use of the Immunome platform.

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Dupixent nears EU approval for rare skin disease prurigo nodularis

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Sales of Dupixent rocketed 45% to around $2.4 Dupixent was cleared by the US FDA for adults with PN in September, making it an option for an estimated 75,000 patients with the condition, and adding to the drug’s earlier approvals in atopic dermatitis, asthma, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, and eosinophilic oesophagitis.

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Collaboration to identify up to 10 novel target-antibody pairs

Drug Discovery World

Immunome is also eligible to receive development and first commercial sale milestones of up to $120M per target with respect to certain products derived from target-antibody pairs that AbbVie elects to purchase, with potential for further sales-based milestones as well as tiered royalties on global sales. .

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Merck’s Next-Generation Pneumonia Vaccine Gets FDA Approval

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billion in sales in 2020 and has been outselling Merck’s previous shot, Pneumovax 23, by almost five to one. While Merck’s previous shot, Pneumovax 23, defends against 23 serotypes and has been on the market for almost four decades, the immune responses it generates are not as durable as Prevnar 13.