Separate research teams have reported new insights into resistance mechanisms to the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) Padcev (enfortumab vedotin, Astellas Pharma Inc./Pfizer Inc.), and possibly to ADCs more broadly. Urothelial cancer drug Padcev, which targets the cell adhesion molecule Nectin-4, was approved in 2019 and is currently one of Pfizer’s top 10 medicines and vaccines, generating $1.94 billion in 2025.
Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, Sydney Children’s Hospital and the University of Sydney have jointly patented new antibody-drug conjugates comprising an antibody targeting GD2 ganglioside covalently linked to cytotoxic drugs potentially useful for the treatment of osteosarcoma.
Two papers published in the July 1, 2026, issues of Nature and Nature Cancer have reported on preclinical and early clinical data with glycoprotein nonmetastatic melanoma protein B (GPNMB)-targeting CAR T cells in two separate solid tumor types.
Researchers at East China Normal University and collaborators reported the discovery and optimization of a series of SUCNR1 antagonists for cancer immunotherapy.
Aptevo Therapeutics Inc. has been awarded a $1.5 million research grant from the Andy Hill Cancer Research Endowment (CARE) Fund to support IND-enabling work for APVO-451, Aptevo’s trispecific antibody-like immunotherapy candidate for solid tumors.
Salubris Biotechnology Co. have reported the development of novel antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) against glypican-3 (GPC3), an oncofetal glycoprotein overexpressed in approximately 70%-85% of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cases but absent in normal adult tissues.
Combotope Therapeutics ApS has established a strategic research collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG that will leverage Combotope’s proprietary SMART-Phage platform to generate highly tumor-selective antibodies for next-generation cancer therapies.
Researchers from Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (BMS) presented preclinical data on BMS-986453 (tunlucabtagene autoleucel), a dual-targeting BCMA×GPRC5D CAR T-cell therapy, in models of multiple myeloma.
MPM Bioimpact-spawned K2 Therapeutics Inc. inked a license deal plus option agreement, worth $980.5 million apiece, to gain ex-China rights to two of Antengene Corp. Ltd.’s preclinical anticancer bispecific T-cell engager (TCE) assets. The deal, announced June 21, will grant Singapore-based K2 exclusive rights to develop and commercialize Antengene’s ATG-106 outside of mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
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