The trophoblast cell surface antigen 2 (TROP2) class chalked mix news by way of Astrazeneca plc and Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. as the pair disclosed phase III data from the closely watched Tropion-Lung 1 trial with datopotamab deruxtecan (dato-dxd) against non-small-cell lung cancer.
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare approved Taiho Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s Lytgobi (futibatinib) for unresectable biliary tract cancer harboring fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) gene fusions that has progressed after chemotherapy.
Japan’s Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency has cleared Healios K.K. and Sumitomo Pharma Co. Ltd. to begin a phase I/II study of HLCR-011, which is composed of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells derived from allogeneic induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) in patients with RPE tear.
Aslan Pharmaceuticals Pte Ltd. said it inked a licensing deal with Zenyaku Kogyo Co. Ltd. for its atopic dermatitis-targeting monoclonal antibody, eblasakimab, that could reach $138.5 million in up-front and milestone payments.
Shionogi & Co. Ltd.’s U.S. subsidiary Shinogi Inc. will acquire San Diego-based Qpex Biopharma Inc. in a deal worth up to $140 million that expands Shionogi’s pipeline of infectious disease agents and also adds to Brii Biosciences Ltd.’s pipeline.
Shionogi & Co. Ltd.’s U.S. subsidiary Shinogi Inc. will acquire San Diego-based Qpex Biopharma Inc. in a deal worth up to $140 million that expands Shionogi’s pipeline of infectious disease agents and also adds to Brii Biosciences Ltd.’s pipeline.
Japan’s Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency has cleared Healios K.K. and Sumitomo Pharma Co. Ltd. to begin a phase I/II study of HLCR-011, which is composed of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells derived from allogeneic induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) in patients with RPE tear.
Aslan Pharmaceuticals Pte Ltd. said it inked a licensing deal with Zenyaku Kogyo Co. Ltd. for its atopic dermatitis-targeting monoclonal antibody, eblasakimab, that could reach $138.5 million in up-front and milestone payments.
Astellas Pharma Inc. has agreed to pay Cullgen Inc. up to $1.9 billion-plus to jointly develop multiple protein degraders. Under the agreement, Tokyo-based Astellas will pay Cullgen, of San Diego, $35 million up front, and an additional $85 million if it decides, during the initial stages of development, to jointly commercialize and promote Cullgen’s lead program, a cell cycle protein degrader for the treatment of breast cancer and other solid tumors, in the U.S.