Merck and Sanofi sound the alarm for ILT inhibition
Merck & Co gives up on Agenus, while Sanofi hands BND-22 back to Biond.
Merck & Co gives up on Agenus, while Sanofi hands BND-22 back to Biond.
But there are no hard facts, and a Ligand obligation clouds future licensing economics.
Now in Bristol’s hands, BMS-986442 is set to deliver its first clinical data.
The FDA throws out the company’s second attempt at an accelerated approval.
A July meeting with the FDA could determine whether Agenus’s bot-bal combo has a shot at a 2024 filing.
But efficacy still needs to go up, as several groups try to combine PD-1 and CTLA-4 using differing approaches.
Disclosure of BMS-986442’s second target antigen endorses Agenus, and is highly relevant for GSK and Compugen too.