Anticancer

GSK Sees Community Niche For Blenrep, But Bispecifics Are Making Inroads

 

The drugmaker presented multiple posters of data for the recently reapproved BCMA-targeting antibody-drug conjugate at the just concluded ASH meeting.

Arcus Calls Quits On Anti-TIGIT Candidate After Phase III Termination

 
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Arcus is ending development of its TIGIT-targeted antibody domvanalimab after it was determined a Phase III study would not show a survival benefit in gastrointestinal cancers.

ASH: Early Results Ready Lupeng’s Rocbrutinib For Potential Head-To-Head With Jaypirca

 

Lupeng's BTK inhibitor rocbrutinib has shown an 80.0% ORR in a Phase I trial in patients who had received a covalent or non-covalent BTK inhibitor plus BCL-2 inhibitor, setting the stage for a comparative trial, possibly with Jaypirca.

ASH: J&J’s Tecvayli Set For Stronger Competition With CAR-Ts In Myeloma

 

J&J's late-breaking Phase III MajesTEC-3 data at the American Society of Hematology meeting highlighted curative potential for the bispecific T-cell engager in multiple myeloma.


Pfizer Could Claim Tukysa First-Line HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer Indication

 
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Pfizer’s Phase III data show an 8.6-month increase in progression-free survival for Tukysa as first-line maintenance treatment of HER2+ breast cancer, a setting where the standard of care hasn’t changed since 2012.

Roche’s Giredestrant Data Could Set The Stage For A New Standard Of Care

 

The selective estrogen receptor degrader reduced the risk of invasive disease recurrence or death by 30% in ER-positive early stage breast cancer.

GSK Boosts ADC Heft Through Pact With Oxford BioTherapeutics

 
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GSK builds up its arsenal of antibody-drug conjugates, while Oxford BioTherapeutics adds another pharma heavyweight to its expansive roster of partners.

Phrontline’s Two-Pronged Shot At Bispecific, Dual-Payload ADCs

 

To develop bispecific, dual-payload antibody-drug conjugates, Phrontline Biopharma’s strategy is to tune the activity of each payload to a similar level and engineer both toxins to fit within a branched linker, its CEO tells Scrip in an interview.


BioNTech And Bristol’s Pumitamig Is Encouraging In Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

 

Interim Phase II data in TNBC is promising for the competitive class of medicines targeting PD-L1 and VEGF.

Next-Gen CAR-T Approaches Gain Spotlight At ASH

 

Next-gen CAR-T therapies showcased at the American Society of Hematology's annual meeting promise improved efficacy and safety, with Novartis, Gilead, and Kelonia advancing pivotal trials and exploring in vivo approaches.

ASH: Kelonia Presents Early Data Giving Boost To In Vivo CAR-T

 

The company presented data on four patients as a late-breaking abstract at the American Society of Hematology meeting.

ASH: Lilly’s Jaypirca Looks Headed For The Front Line

 

Data from the Phase III BRUIN CLL-313 trial presented at ASH showed clear superiority for the non-covalent BTK inhibitor as a single agent compared with bendamustine/rituximab.


ASH: InnoCare Upbeat About BCL2 Inhibitor Mesutoclax In MCL

 
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InnoCare talks to Scrip about the plans and potential benefits for its BCL2 inhibitor mesutoclax in mantle cell lymphoma and beyond as it presents new results at ASH, as BeOne’s contender sonrontoclax also moves ahead in the same indication.

ASH: Ryvu Makes The Case For Romaciclib In AML

 
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The Polish biotech says that data presented at the Orlando meeting also strengthens its confidence in the CDK8/19 inhibitor's potential across hematologic cancers with limited treatment options.

ASH: Gilead’s Kite Plots 2026 Launch For Anito-Cel For Multiple Myeloma

 

The company presented positive efficacy and safety data from its registrational Phase II iMMagine-1 trial at the 2025 ASH meeting.

ASH: BMS’s Iberdomide Shows Efficacy In Myeloma Maintenance

 

The company presented Phase II results at ASH that lend support to an ongoing Phase III trial of the CELMoD drug in maintenance therapy of multiple myeloma.


Analysts Unfazed By Janux’s Weaker Prostate Cancer Results

 

Janux wowed last year with first data from its ‘masked’ T-cell engager, JANX007, but investors have been spooked by newly updated results for the product. Analysts, however, still think it can compete with rivals from Amgen and J&J.

Imvax Gets Positive Overall Survival Data From Phase IIb GBM Asset

 

The company plans to take IGV-001 to the FDA after the mid-stage trial showed a more than six-month improvement in overall survival compared with placebo.

Akeso’s Goals Beyond Ivonescimab: ‘We Can Hit Vertex And Regeneron-Level Innovation’

 

Akeso’s first-in-class PD-1/VEG-F bispecific ivonescimab is a landmark achievement for China’s biotech sector, but the firm is already expanding its ambitions in oncology and beyond, including a challenge to Roche in Alzheimer’s.

Some CAR-Ts Are Thriving While Others Are Falling Behind. Why?

 

With Gilead reporting that both of its approved CAR-Ts saw sales declines as other products saw growth, a mixture of different competitive headwinds seems to be behind the disparities.