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Erasca announced that it was expanding its existing partnership with Pfizer to assess its ERAS-007 in combination with the Big Pharma’s Ibrance.
Roche and Austria-based Hookipa Pharma tied up a licensing and research and development collaboration valued at more than $950 million focused on KRAS-mutated cancers.
After the Data Monitoring Committee reviewed the case based on protocol modifications implemented earlier this year, it was determined that enrollment in the trial and dosing may continue.
BMS’s blockbuster checkpoint inhibitor Opdivo hit the primary endpoint in the Phase III CheckMate -76K trial for a particularly intractable form of melanoma.
Kyverna Therapeutics filed its first IND application this week to test the efficacy and tolerability of KYV-101, a CAR-T therapy for lupus nephritis.
The FDA’s Obstetrics Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted nearly unanimously to withdraw the approval of Covis’ preterm birth drug Makena.
While worthy advances have recently been made in sickle cell disease, companies such as Graphite Bio, bluebird bio, Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Editas Medicine have loftier ambitions.
Massachusetts-based PIC Therapeutics has closed a $35 million Series A financing round centered around the advancement of its lead asset, a novel therapeutic for advanced metastatic breast cancer.
A Phase II trial studying PTC Therapeutics’ PTC518 in Huntington’s disease has been paused in the United States following a request from the FDA for additional data.
Jazz and Zymeworks entered into a $50 million licensing agreement over zanidatamab, Zymeworks’ bispecific antibody targeting HER2.
Advaxis and Ayala Pharmaceuticals entered a reverse merger deal to focus on two clinical-stage cancer therapies: AL102 for desmoid tumors and ADXS-504 for prostate cancer.
Backed by Pfizer, Merck KGaA and J&J, Nucleome Therapeutics secured £37.5 million (about $42.16 million) in an oversubscribed Series A financing round.
Ambrx Biopharma Inc. announced it will lay off 15% of its workforce and suspend development of its lead candidate in a strategic realignment initiative.
Editas is reportedly in “advanced discussions” regarding the sale of its preclinical cancer lineup. The company told BioSpace it has undertaken a strategic review to inform opportunities.
PD-L1 expression is not the static, “yes/no” predictor of tumor response for which researchers hoped. Surface Oncology, Immutep and Corbus are each taking a different approach to immuno-oncology.
Genetic engineering company Empyrean Neurosciences stepped into the CNS arena with $22 million and a small molecule platform derived from plants and fungi.
Salarius Pharmaceuticals voluntarily paused enrollment of its Phase I/II trial of seclidemstat for Ewing sarcoma and FET-rearranged sarcomas after a patient’s death.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced Tuesday morning it has struck a $70 million deal with Tempus in exchange for expanded access to Tempus’ AI-based patient data platform.
Ikena Oncology and AstraZeneca have entered into an agreement to evaluate Tagrisso (osimertinib) with Ikena’s IK-930 in EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer.
Eli Lilly is acquiring precision medicine biotech Akouos for $487 million in cash in a deal focused on developing gene therapies for hearing loss.