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.
A reprieve for Blenrep?
Against the odds GSK’s Dreamm-7 study yields a positive survival readout.
ASCO Plenary – what Astellas does Keymed might do better
Keymed’s AstraZeneca-partnered anti-Claudin18.2 ADC looks better than Astellas’s zolbetuximab – albeit on an extremely unreliable metric.
ESMO 2023 – GSK sets up Pfizer battle in B7-H4
Early data on Hansoh’s HS-20089 were enough to tempt GSK, but Seagen isn't far behind.
After failing to get Seagen Merck turns to Daiichi
In paying $5.5bn for immediate rights to three Daiichi Sankyo assets Merck & Co has made its biggest bet on ADCs to date.
ESMO 2023 – some Tropion fears allayed
However, lack of meaningful efficacy in Tropion-Lung01 suggests that datopotamab deruxtecan might be restricted to a histology-defined NSCLC subgroup.
