Mirati secures an independent future
Mirati raises $300m as its chief exec departs. What’s not to like?
Lilly calls time on IDH1/2 inhibition
Servier's vorasidenib had shown promise at ASCO, but Lilly's dual IDH project LY3410738 leaves the pipeline.
Not the sort of Revolution that EQRX had dreamt of
EQRX had once hoped to disrupt cosy US cancer drug pricing arrangements, but when that model failed the group found that cash was its best asset.
US approval gives Jemperli a treatment niche
However, endometrial cancer remains a small use, and Jemperli has other ways to make a bigger splash.
Off-the-shelf Car-T from Caribou does enough at six months
Curiously, however, higher dosing does not seem to be the answer to the company’s relapse problem.
Lung cancer switch does the job for Black Diamond
First data with the biotech’s new EGFR project prompts a 236% share price bump.
Nkarta plans its comeback
The company puts its faith in a new lymphodepletion regimen to overcome mediocre early results with its lead Car-NK therapy.
ASCO 2023 – China’s Dizal claims broad coverage with a super-Tagrisso
Having impressed two years ago, Dizal returns with even more comprehensive targeted therapy data.
ASCO 2023 – Morpheus spurs Roche to take the red pill
After generating unexpectedly positive TIGIT data Roche moves to launch a phase 3 trial.
ASCO 2023 – Merck’s Kelun deal gets its first validation
Asco data suggest that the TROP2 ADC Merck & Co licensed from Kelun is at least as good as Gilead and Astra/Daiichi’s assets.
