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SEC files charges against trial investigator, Russian nationals

Dec. 20, 2021
By Mari Serebrov
A lead clinical trial investigator for Five Prime Therapeutics Inc.’s flagship cancer drug, bemarituzumab, is facing SEC and criminal charges related to insider trading.
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Walking Fish strides to a $50M series A

Sep. 13, 2021
By Lee Landenberger
The axolotl, which can regenerate many of its body parts, was the inspiration for Walking Fish Therapeutics Inc., which just closed on a $50 million series A financing to advance its B-cell therapies for oncology, rare disease, regenerative medicine, autoimmune disease and recombinant antibody production.
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Banner fundraising year for cancer-focused biopharmas

March 24, 2021
By Peter Winter
According to the BioWorld Cancer Financings Report, 2020 proved to be a record year in terms of capital raised by biopharmaceutical companies working on therapeutics for cancer indications.
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Amgen buying Five Prime in $1.9B bid to bolster oncology portfolio, expand Asia reach

March 9, 2021
By Michael Fitzhugh
Lured by what Amgen Inc. CEO Bob Bradway called a "compelling opportunity" to strengthen the Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based company's oncology portfolio and support its international expansion strategy, Amgen on March 4 moved to buy South San Francisco-based Five Prime Therapeutics Inc. for $38 per share, or about $1.9 billion.
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Amgen buying Five Prime in $1.9B bid to bolster oncology portfolio, expand Asia reach

March 4, 2021
By Michael Fitzhugh
Lured by what Amgen Inc. CEO Bob Bradway called a "compelling opportunity" to strengthen the Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based company's oncology portfolio and support its international expansion strategy, Amgen on March 4 moved to buy South San Francisco-based Five Prime Therapeutics Inc. for $38 per share, or about $1.9 billion.
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ASCO GI begins with positive data from Arcus and Five Prime

Jan. 15, 2021
By Lee Landenberger
Arcus Biosciences Inc., in a presentation on the opening day of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium (ASCO GI), reported a 41% objective response rate across the first four cohorts in its phase I dose-escalation study of AB-680, a small-molecule CD73 inhibitor for treating metastatic pancreatic cancer. The data also showed 88% of patients experienced at least some shrinkage of their lesions.
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Strong year for companies focused on developing cancer therapies

Dec. 15, 2020
By Peter Winter
As the year draws to a close, there is no doubt that investors have been keeping a close watch on emerging companies developing cancer therapies as well as those with new vaccines and treatments aimed at defeating COVID-19.
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Five Prime gains new attention with top-line gastric cancer win

Nov. 11, 2020
By Michael Fitzhugh
Shares of Five Prime Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:FPRX) shot 237% higher to $18 Nov. 11 on new top-line results for its targeted antibody, bemarituzumab, in gastric cancer.
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Antibodies attacking cancer cell

Five Prime MAbs may help target new Seagen ADCs

Feb. 19, 2020
By Michael Fitzhugh
Five Prime Therapeutics Inc. said it's licensing a family of monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) to Seattle Genetics Inc. for inclusion in new early stage cancer-killing antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) candidates, all directed to a single target. The deal holds $5 million up front for Five Prime, plus up to $525 million in milestone payments for the first two candidates. South San Francisco-based Five Prime's shares (NASDAQ:FPRX) rose about 18% on the deal, which interim CEO William Ringo said allows the firm "to realize value from our preclinical pipeline while prioritizing our clinical investments based on upcoming data readouts."
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