Ichnos Gets Going With Almirall Deal, Multiple Myeloma Bispecifics Add Sheen

Glenmark’s US-based innovation arm Ichnos delivers first licensing deal for IL-1RAP antagonist, while early data for a bispecific antibody demonstates promising activity in multiple in vitro and in vivo tumor models relative to daratumumab and magrolimab.

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Ichnos Strikes First Licensing Deal • Source: Alamy

Things appear to be picking up at Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited’s innovation spin-out, Ichnos Sciences, Inc., with the US-headquartered firm striking its first licensing deal with Almirall S.A. for an IL-1RAP antagonist (ISB 880) in autoimmune disease.

Further, promising early data for a bispecific antibody in multiple myeloma presented at the 63rd American Society of Hematology (ASH)...

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