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Volume 5 Issue 3

ADCs – From Lab to Clinical Development

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are a family of targeted therapeutic agents for the treatment of cancer. Compared to traditional small-molecule approaches, ADCs offer...
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Upstream Bio, a richly funded startup, reveals its lead drug and research plans

An inflammatory disease drug cast aside by Astellas Pharma has a new owner in Upstream Bio, an emerging biotechnology startup led by industry veteran Samantha Truex a...
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Regeneron buys control of cancer drug Libtayo from Sanofi

Dive Brief: Regeneron will pay partner Sanofi $900 million to gain global rights to the companies’ cancer immunotherapy Libtayo, announcing Thursday a deal executi...
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Mirati matches Amgen with updated data for KRAS-blocking cancer drug

Mirati Therapeutics hopes to later this year win U.S. approval of only the second drug able to target tumors spurred by mutations in an elusive gene called KRAS. Upd...
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Trial setback casts doubt on a biotech’s respiratory virus drug

Dive Brief: Enanta Pharmaceuticals’ pill to combat respiratory syncytial virus didn’t work in low-risk patients, with the company reporting Wednesday the antiviral...
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Key Bristol Myers drug holds up in long-term psoriasis study

Dive Brief: An experimental psoriasis drug developed by Bristol Myers Squibb maintained its effectiveness over more than a year of treatment in a clinical trial ex...
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Roche cancer immunotherapy fails another trial, casting doubt on emerging drug class

Dive Brief: A drug combination including Roche’s experimental immunotherapy tiragolumab failed one of two main goals in a Phase 3 trial in a common form of lung ca...
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Taiho, chasing larger rivals, buys back rights to Cullinan cancer drug

Dive Brief: Taiho Pharmaceutical is buying back rights to an experimental cancer drug aimed at a genetic driver of lung tumors after licensing it to Cullinan Oncol...
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With spotlight on FDA, Congress weighs reforms to accelerated drug approvals

Over the past few years, the Food and Drug Administration has come increasingly under scrutiny for its program to grant speedy approvals to drugs that show early sign...
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Biogen CEO to step down as company pulls back from Alzheimer’s drug

Biogen is searching for a new CEO along with additional ways to cut costs after another quarter of paltry sales for its closely watched Alzheimer’s disease drug. Onc...
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