Akeso builds on earlier success with bispecifics
Buoyed by the success of cadonilimab and ivonescimab the Chinese group takes two more bispecific MAbs into human trials.
ASH 2023 – Arcellx still hopes to challenge Carvykti
The group highlights safety and manufacturability, as well as efficacy, but investors apparently have doubts.
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.
TROP2 gets more crowded
The latest first-in-human entrants include an anti-TROP2 ADC from Jiangsu Hansoh and a mystery bispecific from Johnson & Johnson.
Gilead ups its bet on Arcellx and BCMA
The new deal comes as Carvykti manufacturing problems continue and 2seventy dials down Abecma expectations.
A changing of the guard in stomach cancer?
Akeso’s cadonilimab hits in its first-line study, but there’s no US data and no US partner.