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AstraZeneca gets FDA approval for Tagrisso for type of NSCLC

AstraZeneca gets FDA approval for Tagrisso for type of NSCLC

AstraZeneca has secured extended approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for using Tagrisso (osimertinib) as an adjuvant treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in patients whose tumors have a certain type of genetic mutation. According to the FDA, nearly 20% of patients with non-small cell lung cancer will have epidermal growth factor […]

Boehringer Ingelheim to acquire NBE-Therapeutics for €1.1bn

German pharma company Boehringer Ingelheim has signed a deal worth €1.18 billion to acquire NBE-Therapeutics, a clinical-stage Switzerland-based biotech company, focused on developing antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and advancing targeted cancer therapies. Through the acquisition, Boehringer Ingelheim will gain access to the Swiss firm’s iADC platform, which is capable of creating immune stimulatory ADCs with an […]

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PharmaEngine, Sentinel Oncology partner to advance SOL-578 Chk1 inhibitor

PharmaEngine has signed a collaboration and license deal with UK-based Sentinel Oncology for advancing the new drug development of SOL-578, a checkpoint kinase 1 inhibitor (Chk1 inhibitor). As per the agreement, the Taiwanese pharma company will finance the investigational new drug (IND) enabling studies for SOL-578. Sentinel Oncology is a drug discovery company engaged in […]

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Merck to acquire US biopharma company VelosBio to strengthen oncology pipeline

Merck acquisition of VelosBio : US pharma giant Merck has agreed to acquire VelosBio, a California-based clinical-stage biopharma company, for $2.75 billion in an all-cash deal, in a move to strengthen its oncology pipeline. VelosBio is engaged in developing cancer therapies that target receptor tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor 1 (ROR1). The company’s lead investigational candidate […]

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CStone Pharmaceuticals strikes $480m worth oncology deal with Pfizer

US pharma giant Pfizer has entered into a collaboration deal worth up to $480 million with Chinese biopharma company CStone Pharmaceuticals to address the oncological needs in China. CStone Pharmaceuticals is engaged in developing and commercializing immuno-oncology and precision medicines for cancer patients. The collaboration will be formed between the Chinese firm and Pfizer’s subsidiaries […]

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Seattle Genetics signs $4.4bn worth oncology deals with Merck

US biotech company Seattle Genetics has secured deals worth up to $4.4 billion with Merck, that include two new strategic oncology collaborations. The two major pharma companies will develop and commercialize Seattle Genetics’ ladiratuzumab vedotin across the world. Ladiratuzumab vedotin is an investigational antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) that targets LIV-1, which is presently in phase 2 […]

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AstraZeneca strikes $6bn worth deal for Daiichi Sankyo’s DS-1062

AstraZeneca has signed a deal potentially worth up to $6 billion with Daiichi Sankyo for the global development and commercialization for the latter’s DS-1062, a trophoblast cell-surface antigen 2 (TROP2)-directed antibody drug conjugate (ADC), which is being developed for the treatment of multiple tumor types. Daiichi Sankyo is developing the antibody drug conjugate for multiple tumors […]

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Chinese regulator accepts NDA of BeiGene’s pamiparib in ovarian cancer

BeiGene said that the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has accepted a new drug application (NDA) of pamiparib for the treatment of certain ovarian cancer patients. Pamiparib is an investigational inhibitor of PARP1 and PARP2 and its NDA is for patients having deleterious or suspected deleterious germline […]

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Leap Therapeutics gets FDA orphan status for DKN-01 for gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer

US immuno-oncology company Leap Therapeutics has been granted orphan drug designation for DKN-01 from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer. DKN-01, which is a humanized monoclonal antibody, has been designed to bind to and block the activity of the Dickkopf-1 (DKK1) protein, a modulator of […]

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Deciphera gets Qinlock FDA approval for fourth-line advanced GIST

Qinlock FDA approval : Deciphera Pharmaceuticals has been granted approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Qinlock (ripretinib) in advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) in adult patients who had prior treatment with three or more kinase inhibitors, including imatinib. The decision from the FDA marks Qinlock as the first drug approved in […]

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