AstraZeneca-Daiichi follow Gilead with breast cancer ADC data

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Dec 9, 2022

Gilead lands new cell therapy for Kite in $225M Arcellx deal, providing global scale for future J&J-Legend showdown


Regeneron's Yancopoulos draws boos as he touts pharma innovation over cost considerations


Chasing Gilead, AstraZeneca-Daiichi lay down phase 2 breast cancer data for antibody-drug conjugate


Autolus outlines path to FDA after CAR-T cell therapy trial hits primary endpoint


Novartis hands steering wheel to Erasca for melanoma med in $20M licensing deal


Gene therapy for hemophilia and a high-fat diet together may raise risk of liver cancer


'The Top Line': The latest from the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease conference, plus this week's headlines


Chutes & Ladders—Roche taps new North American diagnostics chief


Fierce Pharma Asia—MEI and Kyowa Kirin’s PI3K woes; Takeda’s dengue nod, Daiichii Sankyo’s Enhertu positivity

 

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Gilead lands new cell therapy for Kite in $225M Arcellx deal, providing global scale for future J&J-Legend showdown

Gilead landed its Kite unit at Arcellx to work on a phase 2 multiple myeloma cell therapy, a deal worth $225 million upfront plus a $100 million equity investment.
 

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Regeneron's Yancopoulos draws boos as he touts pharma innovation over cost considerations

Regeneron’s George Yancopoulos drew boos from the crowd at a conference in Washington, D.C., as he touted innovation in pharma above cost considerations for expensive treatments.

Chasing Gilead, AstraZeneca-Daiichi lay down phase 2 breast cancer data for antibody-drug conjugate

AstraZeneca’s $1 billion bet on Daiichi Sankyo’s TROP2 antibody-drug conjugate delivered promising early-phase breast cancer data. Chasing Gilead, the partners have linked the TROP2-directed ADC datopotamab deruxtecan to response and survival results that suggest they have a shot at coming from behind to disrupt the market.

Autolus outlines path to FDA after CAR-T cell therapy trial hits primary endpoint

Autolus Therapeutics is almost ready to make a late play for the CD19 CAR-T cell therapy space. The biotech now has phase 2 data showing its asset hit the primary endpoint at an interim analysis and is setting out plans for further data to file for FDA approval next year and try to join Bristol Myers Squibb, Gilead and Novartis on the market.

Novartis hands steering wheel to Erasca for melanoma med in $20M licensing deal

Novartis’ naporafenib is ready for phase 2, but it won’t be heading there with the Swiss Pharma in the driver’s seat. Instead, Erasca has signed a $20 million licensing deal to take the melanoma therapy into mid-stage development.

Gene therapy for hemophilia and a high-fat diet together may raise risk of liver cancer

Scientists have found a direct link between misfolded proteins caused by gene therapy in liver cells and liver cancer development in mice fed a high-fat diet.

'The Top Line': The latest from the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease conference, plus this week's headlines

This week on “The Top Line,” we discuss the latest from the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease conference. Plus, we cover the week's news including an investigation into Neuralink, Google’s DeepMind and why things aren't working out for PI3Ks.

Chutes & Ladders—Roche taps new North American diagnostics chief

Roche Diagnostics tapped Brad Moore to lead the testmaker’s North American division as CEO.

Fierce Pharma Asia—MEI and Kyowa Kirin’s PI3K woes; Takeda’s dengue nod, Daiichii Sankyo’s Enhertu positivity

After meeting with the FDA last month, MEI and Kyowa Kirin halted development of their B-cell malignancy prospect outside of Japan. Takeda’s dengue fever vaccine nabbed a crucial nod in Europe. Plus more.

Pfizer, ripping up its traditional social media playbook, posts a meme hitting back at disinformation

You have to double-check that a recent tweet out from Pfizer’s official corporate account was in fact real and not from the slew of imposter accounts set up in recent weeks designed to tweet controversial statements under the guise of an official account.

Healthcare dealmaking will heat up in 2023 with plenty of corporate cash, PE 'dry powder'

Deal valuations in 2022 were largely driven by activity in the home health and hospice markets, such as CVS’ acquisition of Signify Health for $8 billion and UnitedHealth's $6 billion deal to buy LHC Group. This sector will continue to be a robust area for investment in 2023, PwC's Nick Donkar said.

Edwards Lifesciences CEO Mussallem retiring after 22 years, to be replaced by VP of heart valve repair segment

After serving as Edwards Lifesciences’ chairman and chief executive since its 2000 spinout from Baxter International, Michael Mussallem is stepping down.
 
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