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T3 Pharma closes $27M series C for live bacteria cancer immunotherapy

July 22, 2020
By Nuala Moran
LONDON – Swiss startup T3 Pharma AG has raised CHF25 million (US$26.7 million) in a series C round, to fund a 100-patient phase I/II study of its live bacteria cancer immunotherapy.
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Immunotech CEO: IPO shines light on China’s innovation in cell therapy

July 14, 2020
By Elise Mak
BEIJING – Beijing-based Immunotech Biopharm Ltd. made a strong debut as the first pre-revenue cellular immunotherapy firm to trade on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), raising $142 million via its IPO. Trading under the ticker 6978, the company’s share price closed at HK$15.48 (US$2) on July 10, up 40.7% from its offer price at HK$11.
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Wang Yu, CEO, Immunotech

Immunotech CEO: IPO shines light on China’s innovation in cell therapy

July 13, 2020
By Elise Mak
BEIJING – Beijing-based Immunotech Biopharm Ltd. made a strong debut as the first pre-revenue cellular immunotherapy firm to trade on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), raising $142 million via its IPO. Trading under the ticker 6978, the company’s share price closed at HK$15.48 (US$2) on July 10, up 40.7% from its offer price at HK$11.
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AACR Virtual Meeting II

Taking immunotherapy to the next level

June 23, 2020
By Brian Orelli
Bolstered by the success of CTLA4 and PD-(L)1 antibodies, companies are exploring new targets to encourage the immune system to attack tumors. "While these agents have demonstrated efficacy in a proportion of cancer patients, there clearly is room for improvement to lift the tail of the curve," Michele Teng, associate professor at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, told the audience at the clinical trials plenary session of the American Association for Cancer Research Virtual Annual Meeting II, where researchers presented data from a pair of immunotherapies looking to build on the success targeting PD-(L)1.
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Hit or miss in mimesis? Albeit early, Neoleukin lookin’ good

April 30, 2020
By Randy Osborne
Seattle-based Neoleukin Therapeutics Inc. is targeting the end of 2020 for an IND submission related to prospective cancer immunotherapy NL-201, described as an engineered, hyperstable agonist of interleukin-2 (IL-2) and IL-15. It’s meant to eliminate alpha receptor binding and thereby overcome the problems with native IL-2.
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Affinivax raises $120M series B to advance MAPS vaccines and immunotherapies

April 23, 2020
By Michael Fitzhugh
With completion of a $120 million series B financing, Affinivax Inc. said it's poised to advance several new vaccine candidates for hospital-associated infections into the clinic even as its partner, Astellas Pharma Inc., carries its lead pneumococcal vaccine candidate, ASP-3772, through an upcoming phase III program.
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‘It’s a humanitarian effort’: Led by Takeda and CSL Behring, a plasma coalition forms to fight COVID-19

April 14, 2020
By Lee Landenberger
A new, worldwide coalition of plasma companies seeking to develop and deliver a hyperimmune immunoglobulin therapy for fighting COVID-19 takes the view that many hands make light work.
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‘It’s a humanitarian effort’: Led by Takeda and CSL Behring, a plasma coalition forms to fight COVID-19

April 10, 2020
By Lee Landenberger
A new, worldwide coalition of plasma companies seeking to develop and deliver a hyperimmune immunoglobulin therapy for fighting COVID-19 takes the view that many hands make light work.
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Fate inks potential $3B immunotherapy deal with Janssen

April 3, 2020
By Lee Landenberger
Fate Therapeutics Inc. inked a multiyear, global collaboration worth up to $3 billion with Janssen Biotech Inc., which calls for the latter to contribute antigen binding domains for up to four tumor-associated targets.
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Targeting glycosylated PD-1 induces potent antitumor immunity

March 24, 2020
By John Fox
Targeting glycosylated PD-1 immune checkpoint may be a promising new cancer immunotherapeutic strategy, according to a collaborative study led by Taiwanese researchers, which was reported online in Cancer Research.
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