Changchung Genescience Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., reported effects of the bispecific antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) of Gensci-143, is in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and other solid tumors.
Advanced gastric cancer continues to pose a significant medical challenge because of the scarcity of effective treatments and the frequent development of resistance to available drugs.
Lepu Biopharma Co. Ltd. said Oct. 30 it won Chinese approval of a novel antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), Meiyouheng (becotatug vedotin injection), making it China’s first epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-directed ADC for advanced nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC).
ADAM9 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase 9) is overexpressed in several gastrointestinal cancers, with expression levels correlating with suppressive tumor microenvironment, metastasis and poor prognosis. DB-1317, under development at Duality Biologics (Suzhou) Co. Ltd., is an ADAM9-targeting antibody-drug conjugate including a topoisomerase inhibitor payload P1003 at a drug-antibody ratio of 8.
ALX Oncology Inc. has developed ALX-2004, an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) targeting epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) with a topoisomerase I inhibitor payload, for treating EGFR+ cancer solid tumors.
Alethio Therapeutics (formerly known as Alethiomics Ltd.) has emerged from stealth with two antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) programs for the treatment of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs).
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. agreed to codevelop and commercialize up to three of Innovent Biologics Co. Ltd.’s immuno-oncology (I-O) and antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) candidates with the signing of a $11.4 billion deal, including $1.2 billion paid up front.
French VC Andera Partners has reached the first close of its Biodiscovery Fund 7 at more than €300 million (US$349 million) and says it is on track to surpass the size of the previous fund, which closed at €456 million during the pandemic-driven boom of 2021.
Scientists at Wuxi XDC (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. and Wuxi XDC Singapore Pvt Ltd. have divulged antibody-drug conjugates comprising antibodies covalently linked to cytotoxic drugs reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
French VC Andera Partners has reached the first close of its Biodiscovery Fund 7 at more than €300 million (US$349 million) and says it is on track to surpass the size of the previous fund, which closed at €456 million during the pandemic-driven boom of 2021.
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