Crispr abandons first-generation Car-T projects
The company hopes that new edits could solve the relapse problem with allogeneic Car-Ts.
Roche seeks alpha to defeat Novartis
With inavolisib’s pivotal front-line win Roche reckons it can knock out Novartis’s Piqray.
ESMO Asia 2023 – deaths raise doubts about Merus’s Rybrevant challenger
Merus still hopes for a future for MCLA-129, but the doors are closing.
Lilly makes steady progress in non-covalent BTK inhibition
Jaypirca secures a CLL label, though plans to dominate will be tempered by this market’s fast-changing nature.
AbbVie banishes the ghost of Stemcentrx
Yet another ADC deal sees AbbVie buy ImmunoGen, ending a 40-year rollercoaster ride with a 100% overnight premium.
Investors brush off Car-T scare
But the FDA’s investigation looks like worse news for autoimmune disease than oncology.
Argenx’s efforts to Advance fall flat
Failure of a subcutaneous formulation of Vyvgart raises questions about the drug’s future in primary immune thrombocytopenia and beyond.