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Solstice Oncology, founded in February, is emerging from stealth having already secured an investigational new drug application from the FDA for a Phase 2 trial of a CTLA-4 antibody purchased from China’s Harbour BioMed.
Kura Oncology has spun out Caspian around KO-7246, which seeks to increase the number and activity of beta cells in the pancreas, in turn boosting insulin production in patients with diabetes.
A career setback can teach you something useful—or teach you the wrong lesson. Executive coach Angela Justice explains how one difficult experience can quietly shape the choices that follow.
As geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and China grow increasingly complicated, here are five alternative territories for biotech investments.
Biotech crossover rounds could top $4.22 billion across about 28 rounds this year, PitchBook forecasts.
Inhibrx CEO Mark Lappe was particularly keen on INBRX-106’s performance in patients with HPV-positive disease and sees a nearly $4 billion near-term opportunity thanks to the Phase 2 results.
Structure Therapeutics’ oral GLP-1 candidate aleniglipron showed 72-week efficacy “in line” with Novo Nordisk’s oral Wegovy, BMO Capital Markets wrote in a note to investors. Meanwhile, Structure’s amylin and calcitonin receptor agonist ACCG-2671 showed “impressive” target engagement in a Phase 1 trial of healthy volunteers, according to Leerink Partners.
After the failure of Novo Nordisk’s IL-6 inhibitor ziltivekimab sent waves through the industry, the company has terminated two other studies of the asset, bringing the total number of high-profile cardiovascular flops to six over nine weeks.
Mosliciguat, being developed by the Roivant Sciences subsidiary Pulmovant, ‘significantly exceeded expectations’ in reducing pulmonary vascular resistance, according to analysts, and is progressing to a late-stage study.
The approval opens up a “modest” market for AstraZeneca’s Etcamah, according to Leerink analysts, who nevertheless looked forward to an upcoming late-stage readout that could lead to a “significantly larger opportunity” for the drug.