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ASCO: Pushing The Frontiers Of ADCs

 
• By Mary Jo Laffler

Antibody-drug conjugates are a major part of the oncology pipeline, and data presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting highlight the emergence of new technologies.

As the field of antibody-drug conjugates matures, drugmakers are focused on finding new targets, new technologies and harnessing new understandings to bring about the next-generation of ADCs. AbbVie has been heavily invested in the field, and new data presented on some of its, and other companies’, novel ADCs at the recent American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting underscore the progress being made.

ADCs have been an increasing part of oncology pipelines and a major focus of business development in recent years. ADCs...

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