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FDA filing path for BioNTech’s HER2 ADC
BioNTech disclosed positive Phase 2 results for trastuzumab pamirtecan (BNT323), setting the stage for an FDA filing as the company looks to compete in HER2-positive oncology where antibody-drug...
GSK expands gynecologic cancer ADC trials after early data
GSK said it plans to start five Phase 3 studies for a gynecological cancer antibody-drug conjugate licensed from Hansoh Pharma after early promising data. The company’s decision expands the trial...
Oncology ADC financing boosts next-gen targeting
Sidewinder Therapeutics raised $137 million in a Series B to advance a pipeline of bispecific antibody-drug conjugates aimed at improving tumor targeting and safety. The round was co-led by...
Neomorph Series B targets molecular glue discovery
Neomorph raised an additional $100 million in funding to advance molecular glue programs, expanding resources for discovery and translation of degradation-oriented therapeutics. The company’s...
AbbVie expands pain portfolio via Haisco deal
AbbVie agreed to license ex-China rights to two Haisco Pharmaceutical pain compounds in a transaction structured around a $30 million upfront payment for the candidates. The licensing arrangement...
Vivatides closes Series A for extrahepatic RNA delivery
Vivatides Therapeutics closed an oversubscribed $54 million Series A to advance extrahepatic RNA therapeutics, focusing on improvements to delivery technologies and preclinical optimization. The...
IPO momentum returns for Seaport and Hemab
Seaport Therapeutics and Hemab Therapeutics moved toward public markets as the biotech IPO window shows signs of reopening, each filing for IPO plans to fund clinical and pipeline work. Seaport...
Spyre posts early Phase 2 win in ulcerative colitis
Spyre Therapeutics reported early Phase 2 data for SPY001 in ulcerative colitis, meeting the study’s primary goal and supporting further development as the company aims to compete with entrenched...
Pancreatic cancer clinical efficacy and regulatory path
Revolution Medicines reported phase 3 success for its investigational KRAS inhibitor daraxonrasib in metastatic pancreatic cancer, extending survival versus chemotherapy in a registrational...
Uveal melanoma late-stage benchmark and accelerated FDA filing signals
Ideaya Biosciences reported that its uveal melanoma program cleared an internal success benchmark in a late-stage open-label trial. The company said the results strengthen expectations for an...
Allogene’s off-the-shelf CAR-T readout in lymphoma
Allogene Therapeutics said its off-the-shelf CAR-T, cema-cel, achieved an interim goal in an ongoing phase 3 trial in B-cell lymphoma. In the interim analysis, 58% of treated patients reached...
GSK expands late-stage development for gynecologic cancer ADC from Hansoh
GSK said it plans five phase 3 studies for an antibody-drug conjugate licensed from Hansoh Pharma after early promising data. The company’s move expands the late-stage footprint for a gynecologic...
Ovarian cancer: relacorilant adds survival benefit in platinum-resistant disease
Final overall survival results from the phase 3 ROSELLA trial showed that relacorilant plus nab-paclitaxel reduced the risk of death versus nab-paclitaxel alone in platinum-resistant ovarian...
Ulcerative colitis: Spyre early phase 2 proof-of-goal
Spyre Therapeutics reported early phase 2 results supporting its ulcerative colitis monoclonal antibody approach. In its SKYLINE study, subjects taking SPY001 met the primary safety goal and...
ADC innovation: Sidewinder raises Series B to build bispecific ADC pipeline
Sidewinder Therapeutics secured a $137 million Series B to advance a pipeline of bispecific antibody-drug conjugates targeting cancer. The funding is co-led by Frazier Life Sciences and the...
Healthcare diagnostics and commercialization: Labcorp and CHOP pediatric specialty tests
Labcorp and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) announced plans to develop and commercialize specialty pediatric diagnostics. The collaboration is designed to move tests across areas...
Biopharma business deal: AbbVie inks $745M agreement with Haisco for acute pain candidates
AbbVie agreed to pay Chinese biotech Haisco $30 million upfront for two non-opioid acute pain candidates, part of a deal described at up to $745 million. The transaction expands AbbVie’s pain...
Radiopharmaceutical strategy: Regeneron and Telix expand radiopharma via $2.1B pact
Regeneron entered radiopharmaceutical expansion through a $2.1 billion biobucks pact with Telix. The agreement ties into Regeneron’s shifting growth strategy as its obesity program activity and...
Immuno-oncology and ADC pipeline momentum
GSK is moving an antibody-drug conjugate licensed from Hansoh Pharma into an expanded late-stage development plan after early data signaled potential in gynecological cancers. The company said it...
FDA-approved regimen improves survival in ovarian cancer
Final overall survival data from the Phase 3 ROSELLA trial show that relacorilant (Lifyorli) added to nab-paclitaxel significantly improves outcomes in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. At the...