Bristol Myers Squibb Co. has completed a $20 million equity investment in Compugen Ltd., part of an ongoing expansion a collaboration between the companies to combine their medicines for the potential benefit of patients with solid tumors.
For brain surgeons, the shift is the sticking point. When a surgeon opens the cranium to remove a tumor, the brain moves as much as 1 cm, making much of the pre-operative mapping of the tumor essentially useless. While the bulk of a lesion can be identified by its density, the tendrils blend into the surrounding tissue – and taking excess margins means more brain damage. Designs for Vision Inc.’s bright idea, a headlamp that illuminates a fluorescing tumor with a laser light, makes brain surgery quicker, safer and more accurate.
Ono Pharma Korea Co. Ltd. has received approval in South Korea for Velexbru (tirabrutinib hydrochloride), its oral Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor, as treatment of recurrent or refractory B-cell primary central nervous system lymphoma.
Continuing its downward trend, BioWorld’s Cancer Index (BCI) has fallen by 19.16% this year, a stark contrast with the broader Nasdaq Biopharmaceutical Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average, both of which are tracking up by 4.49% and 19.03%, respectively. Two-thirds of the 21 stocks that make up BCI are showing losses so far this year, and everything from disappointing sales, strong competition, clinical holds and safety issues are to blame.
New and updated preclinical and clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer annual meeting, including: Harpoon, Highlight, Imcheck, Immunogenesis, Immutep, Intensity, Ionctura, Iovance, Instil, Kenjockety, Kymera, Mina, Moderna, Morphic, Nektar, Neoleukin, Nextcure, Nurix, Oncoresponse, Oncorus, Phio, Puretech, Replimune, Rubius, Scholar Rock, Second Genome, Sensei, Senti, Seven and Eight, Sotio, SQZ, Tempest, T-knife, Treadwell, Triumvira, Wugen, Xencor.
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