Shares of Allogene Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:ALLO) leapt 36% higher to $42.12 on Thursday after limited data from a small number of relapsed/refractory (r/r) non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients showed a combination of the company's anti-CD19 allogeneic CAR T candidate, ALLO-501, and an anti-CD52 monoclonal antibody, ALLO-647, met with an overall response rate of 78%.
New data show Johnson & Johnson’s Erleada (apalutamide) and Xtandi (enzalutamide) from Pfizer Inc. and Astellas Pharma Inc. both prolonged overall survival in men with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC).
New and updated preclinical and clinical data to be presented by biopharma firms at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting May 29-31, including: Allogene, Arvinas, Astrazeneca, Exelixis, Eli Lilly, Galera, Heat, Helsinn, Immunogen, Innate, Innovent, Inovio, Janssen, Kyowa, Legend, Marker, MEI, Merck, Targovax, Tarveda, Tiziana, Vaximm, Xencor.