New and updated preclinical and clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the American Academy Ophthalmology 2020 Annual Meeting Nov. 13-15, including: Clearside, Eyepoint, Innovant, Janssen, Lineage, Meiragtx.
New and updated preclinical and clinical data presented by biopharma firms at The Liver Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Nov. 13-16, including: Arbutus, Can-Fite, Dicerna, Gilead, Mallinckrodt, Mirum, Novo, Seal Rock, Theratechnologies, Twoxar
New and updated preclinical and clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the 2020 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions Nov. 13-17, including: Acceleron, Astrazeneca, Cytokinetics, Daiichi, Myokardia, Silence.
The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer meeting, which concludes on Nov. 14, features a wide range of sessions that delve into the most recent advances in tumor immunology and cancer immunotherapy, providing an excellent opportunity for investors and analysts alike to stay up to date on new therapeutics to improve cancer treatments. Overall, data presented at the meeting appears to have been well received, a factor that has helped push up the value of the price weighted BioWorld Cancer index this month.
New and updated preclinical and clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer’s annual meeting Nov. 9-14, including: 4D, Acepodia, Advaxis, Affimed, Agenus, Alkermes, Alx, Amgen, Beam, Bioinvent, Checkpoint, Codiak, Genocea, Huya, Kleo, Oncolytics, Oncosec, Rubius, Transgene, Vigeo, Windmil.
New updates from a dynamic late-phase systemic lupus erythematosus pipeline shared at this week's American College of Rheumatology annual meeting and beyond showed a robust field of potential new treatments nearing the finish line.
An earlier-than-intended release of abstracts for the American Society of Hematology annual meeting spilled multiple market-moving updates Nov. 4, though with no apparent shocks so far. Shares of Allogene Therapeutics Inc. sunk 8% on Nov. 4 over some metered disappointment around initial data for ALLO-715, a potential medicine for relapsed/refractory (r/r) multiple myeloma. By contrast, shares of Global Blood Therapeutics Inc. climbed nearly 15%, buoyed by new data supporting the long-term use of its sickle cell disease therapy, Oxbryta (voxelotor).
DUBLIN – The global product development pipeline for COVID-19 is now twice as big as for any particular cancer indication, a major disease like Alzheimer’s or any other infectious disease indication.
CYBERSPACE – “We are not very good at predicting drug response in the clinic,” Ayesha Muhammad told the audience at the 2020 annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), “though it is not for lack of trying.” Nevertheless, adverse drug reactions are among the top 10 causes of in-hospital mortality.
DUBLIN – The biotechnology sector may be more awash with cash now than at any other time in its history. But that does not alter the fundamental dynamic between biotech and big pharma. If anything, their respective roles are becoming better defined, as biotechs learn how to build value into their assets to the point where big pharma is willing to step in and take on the financial risk of scaling a program where it can truly go global.
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