As earlier-stage efforts in oncology continue with BMF-219, Biomea Fusion Inc. rolled out new clinical data June 23 from the first two cohorts of patients with type 2 diabetes enrolled in the phase II part of its ongoing phase I/II study called Covalent-111 testing the same compound, an oral covalent menin inhibitor.
Curocell Inc. is inching closer to realizing Korea’s first domestically developed CAR T therapy, presenting “encouraging” interim phase II trial results for anbalcabtagene-autoleucel at the International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma in Lugano, Switzerland.
New and updated preclinical and clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the European Hematology Association Congress, including: Actinium, Aptose, Cellectis, Disc, Geron, Gracell, Humanigen, Innate, Innovent, Kura, Modus, Nkarta, Salarius, Sumitomo.
Disc Medicine Inc.’s positive phase II data from an ongoing, open-label trial called Beacon with oral bitopertin in erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) and X-linked protoporphyria (XLP) whetted investor appetite for the results of the other mid-stage Disc experiment known as Aurora with the compound, due early next year.
Barring truly major surprises, exagamglogene autotemcel (Exa-cel, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.) is on track to become the first approved CRISPR-based gene editing therapy. It is partly in expectation of Exa-cel’s approval that the European Hematology Association (EHA) and the European Society for Bone Marrow Transplantation hosted a session on “transplantation versus gene therapy in sickle cell disease.”
New and updated preclinical and clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting, including: Amgen, Ascentage, Beyondspring, Bicara, Cohbar, Immvira, Jazz, Kite, Merck & Co., Moderna, Morphogenesis, Nascent, Neximmune, Nkgen, Oncoinvent, Oncolytics, Portage, Precigen, Promontory, Puma, Replimune, Servier, Sorrento, Sutro, Zentalis, Zymeworks.
New and updated preclinical and clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting, including: Agenus, Akeso, Alligator, Arcus, Atara, Bold, Coherus, Dragonfly, Ellipses, Erasca, Fulgent Genetics, Galera, Gilead, Gilead Sciences, Gracell, Iaso, Immunocore, Immunogen, Immutep, Innovent Biologics, Intensity, ISA, Janssen, Kite, Linnaeus, Memgen, NEC, Precigen, Transcenta, Transgene.
Since accelerated approvals first began to be granted in 1992, their pace for cancer indications has increased dramatically but a revolution in science has made it tough for the U.S. FDA to find its balance.
When combined with chemotherapy, the PD-1 inhibitor antibody toripalimab reduced the risk of death by 37% over chemotherapy alone when used first line in patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Coherus Biosciences Inc. revealed at this year’s American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting (ASCO).
New and updated preclinical and clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting, including: Affimed, Allogene, Amgen, Apexigen, Astrazeneca, Atreca, Bayer, Blueprint, BMS, Cantargia, Catalym, Chimeric, Cogent, Compugen, CSPC, Cyteir, Day One, Daiichi, Elevation, Elicio, Evaxion, G1, Merck & Co.
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