BioNTech and Genevant have boosted their clinical ambitions by agreeing a 50/50 co-development, co-commercialization collaboration for five mRNA rare disease programs. BioNTech also secured exclusive licenses to Genevant's LNP drug delivery platform for five oncology programs.
BioNTech AG, Europe’s largest privately held biotech, has signed two deals with Genevant Sciences Ltd., a joint venture created earlier this year by Vancouver-based Arbutus Biopharma Corp. and Roivant Sciences GMBH, which are expected to support the clinical ambitions of both companies.
In the first deal, the companies have agreed to combine Genevant’s lipid nanoparticle (LNP) drug delivery technology with BioNTech’s mRNA...
The US precision medicine company hopes its drug response predictor technology will enhance responses to the chemotherapy Ixempra on the basis of promising data from a handful of breast cancer patients in a Phase II trial, marking a positive turn in its journey to date.
Attendees at this year's European Society for Medical Oncology meeting in Barcelona can look forward to a range of interesting datasets, from Phase III trials of established products in new settings to preliminary studies of novel products coming through the pipeline.
Amgen’s Imdelltra for small-cell lung cancer is one of two bispecific T-cell engagers approved for solid tumors, but data at the WCLC meeting show other DLL3-targeting BiTEs may be on the way.
An academic study of GLP-1 agonist showed promise in patients with the painful skin condition but with no signs that the Danish drugmaker will pursue the indication, smaller players in the space may be interested.
The nod will help unlock a national market for the partners’ Dupert (fulzerasib) in which roughly 50,000 people are expected to be newly diagnosed with lung cancer harboring the KRAS G12C mutation in 2025. Meanwhile, two other homegrown rivals are also closing in on marketing clearances in China.
2030 sales forecasts for Novo’s obesity hope are an order of magnitude larger than its closest rival among 2025’s expected debutantes.
Ordspono, a bispecific antibody newly approved in the EU to treat follicular lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, joins Libtayo in Regeneron’s growing oncology portfolio.
