Seaport Therapeutics Inc. joined Nasdaq May 1, raising gross proceeds of $254.9 million, as its parent, Boston-based Puretech Health plc moved to exit the market, opting for a sole listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in order to reduce its cost base and cut bureaucracy.
Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (BMS) has disclosed new Ikaros family zinc finger protein 1 (IKZF1, Ikaros), IKZF2 (Helios), IKZF3 (Aiolos) and/or IKZF4 (Eos) degradation inducers potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
Atrium Therapeutics Inc. has earned a $15 million development milestone payment from Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (BMS) for the successful delivery of a development candidate for the first licensed compound targeting a cardiology indication under the companies’ ongoing collaboration.
Janux Therapeutics Inc. has nominated a development candidate under its collaboration and exclusive worldwide license agreement with Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (BMS). The milestone was achieved following the identification of a tumor-activated therapeutic, utilizing Janux’s TRACTr (Tumor Activated T Cell Engager) platform, targeting an undisclosed solid tumor antigen expressed across several human cancer types. The milestone triggers a payment to Janux.
IKZF1-4 are transcription factors that regulate cellular differentiation, proliferation and survival. At the American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring 2026 meeting this week in Atlanta, Bristol Myers Squibb Co. detailed the identification and preclinical profile of BMS-986482, a next-generation investigational cereblon E3 ligase modulator (CELMoD) degrader designed to target IKZF1-4 factors.
Insitro Inc. has expanded its strategic collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb Co. to advance a broadened portfolio of therapeutic programs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
In the opening sessions of this year’s ESMO Targeted Anticancer Therapies Congress, Elena Garralda, director of the Molecular Therapeutics Research Unit at Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology in Barcelona, described ESMO TAT as “the house of phase I,” a fitting label for a meeting centered on translational research and early drug development, where first-in-human data and new trial designs help shape the next generation of cancer therapies.
U.K. biopharma is working with the country’s space agency and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to plot a route for manufacturing biologic drugs in low earth orbit.
In a boon for licensee Bristol Myers Squibb Co., Systimmune Inc.’s next-generation cancer drug, izalontamab brengitecan (iza-bren), hit both progression-free survival and overall survival endpoints in a phase III trial of Chinese patients with advanced triple-negative breast cancer.
In a boon for licensee Bristol Myers Squibb Co., Systimmune Inc.’s next-generation cancer drug, izalontamab brengitecan (iza-bren), hit both progression-free survival and overall survival endpoints in a phase III trial of Chinese patients with advanced triple-negative breast cancer.
