Lung cancer
Retaining the full rights to Trodelvy, Gilead now has access to $210 million in financing from venture capital firm Abingworth to help push the antibody-drug conjugate into non-small cell lung cancer studies.
At Thursday’s Oncology Innovation Day, Pfizer laid out its business strategy which includes building up its biologics business, specifically antibody-drug conjugates and bispecific antibodies.
Janux Therapeutics on Monday announced positive updated clinical data for both of its clinical programs in prostate cancer advanced or metastatic solid tumors.
The cancer space has been aflutter with notable approvals so far this year, but there are several more candidates with significant data expected over the next four months. BioSpace takes a closer look.
A year after Roche returned Gavreto’s global rights to Blueprint Medicines, Rigel Pharmaceuticals has acquired the U.S. rights to the FDA-approved treatment for non-small cell lung cancer.
The biotech will use the oversubscribed Series C financing to advance its next-generation KRAS blocker FMC-376, which saw its first patient dosed in a Phase I/II clinical trial on Thursday.
With the investment in the plant, Daiichi Sankyo is looking to create new laboratories for its antibody-drug conjugates used to develop and manufacture therapies for breast, lung and stomach cancers.
In a late-stage study, Tagrisso induced a “statistically significant and highly clinically meaningful improvement” in progression-free survival in patients with unresectable stage III, EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer.
The companies’ Biologics License Application for antibody-drug conjugate datopotamab deruxtecan has been accepted by the FDA for locally advanced or metastatic nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer.
The regulator’s approval means AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso can now be used in combination with chemotherapy for locally advanced or metastatic EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer patients.
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