Akeso builds on earlier success with bispecifics
Buoyed by the success of cadonilimab and ivonescimab the Chinese group takes two more bispecific MAbs into human trials.
Cellular Biomedicine draws a line under its past
After a rollercoaster existence Cellular Biomedicine Group has a new name, and new deals with AstraZeneca and J&J.
Like Merck, Bristol goes to China
Yet another rich ADC deal is struck as Bristol Myers Squibb ties up with China’s SystImmune.
ESMO Asia 2023 – deaths raise doubts about Merus’s Rybrevant challenger
Merus still hopes for a future for MCLA-129, but the doors are closing.
AbbVie banishes the ghost of Stemcentrx
Yet another ADC deal sees AbbVie buy ImmunoGen, ending a 40-year rollercoaster ride with a 100% overnight premium.
TROP2 gets more crowded
The latest first-in-human entrants include an anti-TROP2 ADC from Jiangsu Hansoh and a mystery bispecific from Johnson & Johnson.
Tango faces a fresh PRMT5 competitor
New clinical trial listings reveal first-in-human studies for Astra’s AZD3470, a new Car-T therapy from Caribou, a B7-H4 challenger and others.
