In its first significant partnering deal since being founded in 2020, Medilink Therapeutics Co. Ltd. licensed exclusive global rights to an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) targeting HER3 to Biontech SE in exchange for an up-front payment of $70 million, with the possibility for additional payments tied to development, regulatory and commercial milestones exceeding $1 billion. Medilink retains rights in mainland China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macau Special Administrative Region.
New and updated clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the AACR-NCI-EORTC Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics
, including: Aprea, Aulos, Avistone, Beyond Cancer, Black Diamond, Cogent, Omega, Ose, Puma, Revolution, Verastem.
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc has described tricyclic phthalazines acting as son of sevenless homolog 1 (SOS1)/GTPase KRAS interaction inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Kyoto University has disclosed compounds and their nanoparticles acting as radiosensitizers for radiotherapy reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Cimeio Therapeutics Inc. has entered into a preclinical research collaboration with a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) to research and evaluate a novel universal immunotherapy with potential to treat multiple blood and bone marrow cancers.
In recent years, the introduction of immune checkpoint inhibitors to the oncolytic pipeline has been a significant breakthrough in cancer treatment, but unfortunately some tumors respond only minimally. Besides CTLA-4, and since the approval of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors, only the anti-LAG3 strategy (relatlimab, Bristol Myers Squibb Co.) has been good enough to reach the market. In a session dealing with emerging checkpoints beyond PD-1, CTLA-4 and LAG3, Drew Rasco from the START Center for Cancer Care depicted a new player on the ground of immunotherapeutic options.
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