Tot Biopharm International Co. Ltd.’s self-developed Pusintin (bevacizumab), a biosimilar to Roche Holding AG’s Avastin, has won marketing approval from China’s NMPA. It was approved for the treatment of patients with advanced, metastatic, or recurrent non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer and those with metastatic colorectal cancer.
LONDON – Europe’s latest antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) specialist, Emergence Therapeutics AG, will be going head to head with pioneer Seagen Inc.’s approved ADC, Padcev, after raising €87 million (US$97.9 million) in a series A round.
Tot Biopharm International Co. Ltd.’s self-developed Pusintin (bevacizumab), a biosimilar to Roche Holding AG’s Avastin, has won marketing approval from China’s NMPA. It was approved for the treatment of patients with advanced, metastatic, or recurrent non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer and those with metastatic colorectal cancer.
Ursula Matulonis, a co-principal investigator in the latest study with Immunogen Inc.’s antibody-drug conjugate mirvetuximab soravtansine in stubborn ovarian cancer, said the top-line data are “truly spectacular” and bring “the potential to be transformative for patients.”
The Netherlands-based Synaffix BV has expanded a deal focusing on its antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) linker tech with U.S. cancer biotech Mersana Therapeutics Inc., with the revised contract potentially paying out more than $1 billion. Privately owned Synaffix is hoping to ride a wave of interest in ADC technology, which is finally coming of age more than two decades after the first drug of this type was approved.
Sotio Biotech AS has licensed Legochem Biosciences Inc.’s technology for five new antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) in a deal that could bring the latter over $1 billion. Prague, Czech Republic-based Sotio will have the rights to deploy Legochem’s Conjuall and potent linker-payload platform, including multiple different payloads, for five therapeutic programs targeting solid tumors and combine its proprietary antibodies with it.
Antengene Corp. Ltd. has formed a partnership with Legochem Biosciences Inc. to jointly develop new antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) primarily for cancer. The partners will integrate antibodies from Antengene with Legochem’s ADC technology.
Antengene Corp. Ltd. has formed a partnership with Legochem Biosciences Inc. to jointly develop new antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) primarily for cancer. The partners will integrate antibodies from Antengene with Legochem’s ADC technology.
It looks like Shanghai Miracogen Inc.’s antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) partnership with Synaffix BV is paying off as MRG-004A, an ADC designed to treat solid tumors, has entered a U.S. phase I/II trial to treat solid tumors.
It looks like Shanghai Miracogen Inc.’s antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) partnership with Synaffix BV is paying off as MRG-004A, an ADC designed to treat solid tumors, has entered a U.S. phase I/II trial to treat solid tumors.
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