Data presented to the American Society of Clinical Oncology and taken from Hookipa Pharma Inc.’s ongoing phase I/II study for treating advanced human papillomavirus 16-positive (HPV16+) cancers underwhelmed investors as the stock (NASDAQ:HOOK) sagged 19.25% on June 8.

New and updated preclinical and clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual meeting, including: Aadi, Abbvie, Alkermes, Alkido, Allogene, Amphivena, Arcellx, Astrazeneca, Athenex, Biosight, Bolt, Candel, Celldex, Coherus, Constellation, Cullinan, Daiichi, Fate, G1, Genocea, Gilead, Greenwich, Harpoon, Heat, Hutchison, Ichnos, Immunocore, Immutep, Incyte, Innocare, Innovent, Iovance, Iteos, Junshi, Kinnate, Kite, Lyvgen, Merck & Co., Morphosys, Nanobiotix, Novartis, Origincell, Panbela, Ribon, Surface Oncology, TG, Tracon, Ultimovacs, Vincerx, Y-Mabs .

Shares of Cullinan Oncology Inc. (NASDAQ:CGEM) rose 11.3% to close at $33.11 on June 4 as an update on its EGFR inhibitor, CLN-081, suggested it may prove competitive with Johnson & Johnson's recently approved treatment, Rybrevant (amivantamab), for adults with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors bear EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations.

Updated interim data from the ongoing dose-escalation portion of Harpoon Therapeutics Inc.’s phase I/IIa study of HPN-424 showed the metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer therapy may move on to a dose expansion.

DUBLIN – The latest update from Merus NV’s phase I/II trial of zenocutuzumab (MCLA-128) – and its early access program – in patients with solid tumors harboring an NRG1-fusion offered a slight improvement on the data disclosed in an abstract released last month, in the run-up to the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting.

Sanofi SA is hoping an oral successor to Astrazeneca plc’s Faslodex (fulvestrant) could be a significant moneyspinner as it seeks to re-establish itself as a major player in oncology – and is pushing ahead with clinical trials to get it to market ahead of rivals. The Paris-based pharma has announced it is to start a new phase III trial of its second-generation oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD) drug, amcenestrant, targeting high-risk patients with early breast cancer who need adjuvant drugs to suppress formation of secondary tumors after surgery.

New and updated preclinical and clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual meeting, including: Alligator, Amgen, Antengene, Beigene, Deciphera, Eli Lilly, Exelixis, Gilead, Magenta, Novartis, Phio, Puma, Spectrum, Tarveda, Yingli.

The American Society for Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) virtual annual meeting began June 3 with the release of late-breaking abstracts, including LBA-1 on “Olympia: A phase 3, multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of adjuvant?olaparib?after (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations and high risk HER2-negative primary breast cancer.”

Novartis AG’s CAR T therapy, Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel), is heading for a third indication after the Basel, Switzerland-based pharma announced supportive results from a pivotal phase II trial, lining it up to compete with Gilead Sciences Inc.’s rival, Yescarta.