No end in sight for antibody-drug conjugate enthusiasm
One first-in-human study and two deals in a single day sees companies blaze the ADC trail.
Tivdak success could make life even harder for Iovance
Seagen/Genmab’s confirmatory cervical cancer trial is toplined positive, putting up a fresh roadblock for Iovance’s accelerated filing plans.
Olema takes its antagonist/degrader concept into phase 3
Palazestrant joins vepdegestrant in pivotal development, as SERDs continue their rollercoaster ride.
Despite the setbacks, interest in TGF-β remains
Novartis looks set to hand nisevokitug rights back to Xoma, though plenty of work on TGF-β continues.
Exelixis claims a label-expanding Cabo success at last
However, the design of the Contact-02 study, and the relevance of the positive PFS endpoint, will be debated.
A short-lived hold for Arcellx & Gilead
Less than two months after a patient death CART-ddBCMA’s pivotal multiple myeloma trial is cleared to restart.
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.
