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.
Merck goes pivotal with acquired assets
A prostate cancer project licensed from Orion enters phase 3, while pivotal trials are expanded with assets originated at Kelun and Arqule.
A changing of the guard in stomach cancer?
Akeso’s cadonilimab hits in its first-line study, but there’s no US data and no US partner.
ASCO Plenary – Gilead and Arcus pedal hard with TIGIT
A domvanalimab triplet shows some promise in high PD-L1-expressing gastric cancer patients, but caveats abound.
Interview – Coherus sees the stars aligning at last
After two years Loqtorzi is on the US market at last, and Coherus looks to its Surface acquisition to play the combo game.
ESMO 2023 movers – who won and who lost?
The dust has settled on a momentous ESMO conference, which saw biotech activity amid big pharma’s practice-changing data.
