Genentech, Inc.
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After announcing a $1 billion radiopharma deal with PeptiDream, Genentech signed a separate deal with Orionis Biosciences for its molecular glue degraders to target cancer and neurodegeneration.
The Japanese biopharma will receive $40 million upfront from Genetech for R&D of its macrocyclic peptide-radioisotope drug conjugates, with another $1 billion on the line in milestone payments.
Data suggests divarasib could be more potent than already approved KRAS inhibitors from Amgen and Mirati, but the study’s authors caution against cross-trial comparisons.
Spurred by an “inadvertent” disclosure, Roche’s Genentech on Wednesday released interim and immature overall survival findings for its anti-TIGIT antibody tiragolumab in non-small cell lung cancer.
The clinical trial testing Seagen’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor Tukysa, in combination with Genentech’s Kadcyla, met the primary endpoint of progression-free survival in HER-2 breast cancer patients.
Data from the OCARINA II trial shows that a 10-minute subcutaneous injection of Ocrevus achieves similar pharmacokinetics as the typical hours-long intravenous infusion in multiple sclerosis patients.
With Roche’s FDA approval on Thursday, both companies’ bispecific antibodies will hit the market this summer for relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
Biosimilars effectively lowered cancer therapy Herceptin prices and made trastuzumab more accessible to patients, finds a new study from the USC Schaeffer Center.
Fenebrutinib in a mid-phase trial reduced brain legions in relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis, the company reported. It is the only reversible BTK inhibitor currently in Phase III MS trials.
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