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Pfizer And Summit Move Fast To Combine Ivonescimab With ADCs

 
• By Andrew McConaghie

The companies will work together to combine Summit’s PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibody ivonescimab, with Pfizer’s antibody drug conjugates, but have not signed any licensing deals as yet.

Summit Therapeutics

Summit Therapeutics and Pfizer have unveiled a collaboration which could help them compete with leaders in one of the most promising cancer fields, namely combinations of immunotherapy (IO) and antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) therapies.

The companies will combine Summit’s PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibody, ivonescimab, with Pfizer’s portfolio of vedotin-based ADCs in studies across several as-yet-undisclosed...

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