In 2025, China’s outbound life sciences and biopharma deals reached nearly $100 billion, about 12 times the level seen in 2021, underscoring how quickly global appetite for Chinese assets has accelerated, according to a recent report by L.E.K. Consulting.
Pfizer Inc. is paying Innovent Biologics Co. Ltd. $650 million up front and up to $9.85 billion in milestones, plus royalties, to collaborate across 12 early stage and de novo antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and multispecific antibodies for oncology.
Zhize Tongkang (Guangzhou) Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has divulged new antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) comprising monoclonal antibodies targeting claudin 6 (CLDN6) linked to a camptothecin derivative potentially useful for the treatment of cancer and fibrosis.
Multiple updates on TROP2-directed antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for lung and breast cancers highlight both progress made and opportunities for improvement for the targeted class of cancer therapeutics.
Multiple updates on TROP2-directed antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for lung and breast cancers highlight both progress made and opportunities for improvement for the targeted class of cancer therapeutics.
Payoff for the November 2023 buyout of Immunogen Inc. came for Abbvie Inc. in the form of U.S. FDA clearance for the CD123-targeting antibody-drug conjugate Decnupaz (pivekimab sunirine) to treat adults with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN), an ultra-rare, aggressive and quick-killing hematologic malignancy.
Hutchmed Ltd. has identified new antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) comprising an antibody targeting EGFR (HER1; erbB1) linked to cytotoxic drug potentially useful for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.
Kunshan Xinyunda Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has patented new antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) consisting of humanized antibodies targeting disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain-containing protein 9 (ADAM9) covalently linked to a payload and potentially useful for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory disorders.
Iksuda Therapeutics Ltd. and UCL Business Ltd. have prepared new antibody-drug conjugates comprising antibodies targeting B7 homolog 3 (B7-H3, CD276) covalently linked to cytotoxic drug, designed for potential use in the treatment of cancer.
Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) with a dual payload, which deliver two distinct cytotoxic agents via a single antibody, are emerging therapeutics developed to address the limitations of classic ADCs. Primelink Biotherapeutics (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. recently presented data for their dual-payload ADCs, highlighting PLB-015, which carries a TOP1 inhibitor and an ATR inhibitor with an anti-HER2 antibody and is designed to inhibit the DNA damage response activated by cancer cells when harmed.