Gilead Sciences Inc. said after U.S. market close March 23 that it will acquire privately held Ouro Medicines LLC and its autoimmune BCMA/CD3 bispecific T-cell engager, gamgertamig, in a deal valued at $2.17 billion.
Soluble amyloid-β oligomers (AβOs) are known early drivers of Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis. Acumen Pharmaceuticals Inc. has recently presented data generated in the development and characterization of anti-AβO antibodies with high selectivity for AβO over Aβ monomers.
Liminatus Pharma Inc. has announced plans to conduct a phase I trial of IBA-101, a next-generation CD47-blockade antibody designed to work alongside PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors across a range of solid tumors.