Astra scoops JP Morgan
Acquiring Gracell at an 86% premium raises hopes that the biotech markets are bottoming out after a turbulent two years.
A new order in BTK inhibition
Imbruvica faces challenges on multiple fronts.
Merck’s conjugates dominate pivotal trial initiations
Raludotatug deruxtecan, ABBV-383 and zongertinib advance into phase 3, while other pivotal programmes are expanded.
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.
Cellular Biomedicine draws a line under its past
After a rollercoaster existence Cellular Biomedicine Group has a new name, and new deals with AstraZeneca and J&J.
Like Merck, Bristol goes to China
Yet another rich ADC deal is struck as Bristol Myers Squibb ties up with China’s SystImmune.
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.
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.
