Olema Boosts Its Partnering Position With SERD Combo Data

Scrip caught up with Olema CEO Sean Bohen ahead of a crucial combination data readout due this month for its novel SERD, palazestrant, which it hopes will put the drug on the path to a $10bn-plus breast cancer market.    

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While Menarini Group/Stemline Therapeutics, Inc.’s leading oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD) Orserdu has got off to a strong start following its February launch for breast cancer, newcomer Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is hoping that its similar offering, palazestrant, will be able to go even further, based on early data in a number of clinical settings.

Olema’s has long posited that – as a complete estrogen receptor (ER) antagonist (CERAN) as well as SERD – its...

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