Shares of antibody drug conjugate developer Mersana Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:MRSN) fell 39.1% to $8.56 on Sept. 10 after the company disclosed a second death from pneumonitis in the ongoing phase I trial testing its antibody drug conjugate, upifitamab rilsodotin against tumor types likely to express the sodium-dependent phosphate transport protein NaPi2b, such as ovarian cancer.
Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s win with one phase III trial and narrow miss with an identical one testing pegcetacoplan in geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration caused Wall Street to punish the company while rewarding competitor Iveric Bio Inc.
DUBLIN – In biopharma, U.S. patent grants hardly represent big news. Without them, you simply don’t get to sit at the table. So Onk Therapeutics Ltd.’s receipt of U.S. patent no. 11104735 covering CISH gene knockouts in natural killer (NK) cell therapies for cancer is not a major event in the general scheme of things. At the same time, it is a vitally important enabler for a company that is, paradoxically, both an early mover in the field but also a laggard in the highly competitive race to move NK cells into clinical development.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Alvotech, Apellis, Astrazeneca, Azurx, Cartargia, Cassiopea, Cytodyn, Mersana, Rezolute, Scpharmaceuticals, Senhwa, Sunovion.
Savicell Diagnostics Ltd. has reported high accuracy results from a study validating its liquid biopsy platform Immunobiopsy. Haifa, Israel-based Savicell said the platform achieved high accuracy identifying lung cancer across stages I to IV. In a cohort of 245 participants, the Immunobiopsy test achieved 97% sensitivity and 97% specificity among patients with lung cancer.
Astrazeneca plc is eyeing an addition to its respiratory diseases portfolio after a potential first-in-class “rescue” asthma inhaler, PT-027, met its goals in two phase III trials.
Chinese companies are finding that their COVID-19 vaccines are effective as booster shots and against variants of the virus, as data from more studies emerge.
PERTH, Australia – Engeneic Ltd. has begun a phase I trial of its nanocellular COVID-19 vaccine, which in preclinical animal studies stimulated a broad antiviral response against mutant strains of the virus, including the virulent Delta strain sweeping across Australia.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Adaptimmune, Alnylam, Candel, Horizon, Inversago, Knopp, Lexaria, Newron, Onquality, Pliant, Redhill, Servier, Sobi, Trisalus, United, Valbiotis, Zynerba.
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