Amgen, Merck To Test New Immunotherapy Combination

The company presented Phase I data for CART-EGFR-IL13Rα2, showing patient responses in the notoriously hard-to-treat and deadly brain cancer.

Arvinas and Pfizer have just filed the potential first-in-class protein degrader vepdegestrant, but its diminished commercial prospects after mixed Phase III data mean Pfizer could exit.

J&J presented data at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting showing more than five-year disease- and therapy-free survival, but a myeloma working group will need to define what makes a cure.

The company is raising the money to fuel development of its head and neck cancer candidate, petosemtamab, on the back of promising early data. Some analysts are stopping short of declaring it the winner against a rival product from Bicara, however.