Affimed NV said the latest data with its lead innate cell engager (ICE) known as AFM-13, disclosed at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting, have caused the focus to shift from monotherapy to combination regimens.
Arcellx Inc. signed a deal that could be worth almost $4 billion with Gilead Sciences Inc.’s unit Kite Pharma Inc. to push forward Arcellx's lead late-stage candidate CART-ddBCMA for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. The arrangement brings $225 million up front plus an equity investment of $100 million, along with as much as $3.9 billion in milestone payments. Arcellx CEO Rami Elghandour said the firm sorted through a number of suitors interested in the program. Data at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting “catalyzed a number of discussions and a broad set of interests. We felt of the possibilities out there, [Kite/Gilead is] the partner of choice in this space.”
Vega Therapeutics Inc. emerged from stealth in advance of a podium presentation at this year’s American Society of Hematology meeting in New Orleans. The company, a spin-out from Star Therapeutics Inc., will disclose preclinical data on its lead drug candidate VGA-039, a first-in-class antibody in development for von Willebrand disease.
New and updated preclinical and clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the American Society of Hematology annual meeting, including: Century, Forma.
New and updated preclinical and clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the American Society of Hematology annual meeting, including: Beyondspring, Coimmune, Geron, JW, Novartis, Oncolytic, Oncternal, Oric, Oryzon, Ose, Pfizer, Poseida, Precigen, Rheos, Roche, Rocket, Sangamo, Sanofi, Seagen, Secura, Sierra, Syndax, Talaris, Tessa, TG, Viracta, Wugen, Xencor.
New and updated preclinical and clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the American Society of Hematology annual meeting, including: 2seventy, Actinium, Agios, Allogene, Antegene, Apellis, Aptose, Ascentage, Atar, Bantam, Bioinvent, Daiichi, Harpoon, Iaso, Innocare, Innovent, Janssen, Karyopharm, Keros, Kymera, Lantern, Legend, Magenta, Mereo, Mustang, Nektar, Neximmune, Nextcure, Nkarta.
Two trials presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) showed that treatment with the antithrombin inhibitor fitusiran reduced the bleeding rate in patients with severe hemophilia by roughly 90%, regardless of whether they had type A or B, and whether they had developed antibodies to recombinant clotting factors.
New and updated preclinical and clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the American Society of Hematology annual meeting, including: Actinium, Adagene, Affimed, Agios, Allogene, Annexon, Aprea, Arcellx, Astrazeneca, Autolus, Beigene, Editas, Emmaus, Epizyme, Equillium, Fate, Freeline, Gamida, GBT, Genentech, Glycomimetics, GSK, Hutchmed, I-Mab, Imara, Kite, Kura, Sutro.
Orca Bio Inc. reported at the American Society of Hematology that cancer patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) who received its Orca-T cell therapy product achieved higher rates of survival without experiencing either relapse or chronic graft-vs.-host (GvHD) disease than those who received a conventional graft.