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Dec 13, 2022

Moderna, Merck & Co. mRNA cancer vaccine slashes melanoma recurrence in Keytruda combo trial


ASH: Novartis stays the course with cell therapy bet as competitors line up 'off-the-shelf' options


ASH: Novartis says rare disease med 'stands on its own,' diving deeper into head-to-head win against AstraZeneca


Takeda bets $4B upfront on Nimbus' phase 3-ready prospect to challenge Bristol Myers in psoriasis


GSK pays $170M upfront to continue to ride oligonucleotide wave for years to come


ASH: Regeneron touts a new benchmark in lymphoma, but adverse events keep the story on safety


ASH: Eli Lilly pads novel BTK's case amid FDA review. But AbbVie-J&J, BeiGene and AZ need not worry


Nordic Nanovector scrambles to recruit new directors, CEO after boardroom walkout and failed merger

 

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Moderna, Merck & Co. mRNA cancer vaccine slashes melanoma recurrence in Keytruda combo trial

Merck & Co. has shown why it bet $250 million on Moderna’s mRNA cancer immunotherapy. Weeks after Merck opted into the program, the partners have revealed the personalized candidate reduced the risk of recurrence or death by 44% when given to melanoma patients in combination with Keytruda.
 

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ASH: Novartis stays the course with cell therapy bet as competitors line up 'off-the-shelf' options

While more pharmas big and small are pursuing “off-the-shelf” CAR-T therapies, Novartis has been blazing its own trail. The Swiss drugmaker has been fine-tuning its T-Charge platform to speed up the process by ensuring most of the CAR T-cell expansion occurring within the patient’s body.

ASH: Novartis says rare disease med 'stands on its own,' diving deeper into head-to-head win against AstraZeneca

Novartis is touting expanded phase 3 data of its rare blood disease med after an initial readout showed significant benefits compared to a couple of AstraZeneca assets. Citing the data, a top Novartis development executive said in an interview that the results support full approval from regulators.

How MRD is redefining clinical trials for solid tumors

If you’re in translational research, you know how challenging trial design and regulatory approval can be. See how the NeXT generation of ctDNA analysis is a major asset for improving informed cancer strategies.

Takeda bets $4B upfront on Nimbus' phase 3-ready prospect to challenge Bristol Myers in psoriasis

Nimbus Therapeutics’ midphase psoriasis data have persuaded Takeda that the biotech’s TYK2 inhibitor will be big. How big? $4 billion upfront and more again on the back end big.

Why Danaher is Focusing on Genomic Medicines

Genomic Medicines could cure the world’s toughest diseases. The Danaher Genomic Medicines Summit convened many of the field’s top leaders to discuss challenges and strategies for creating a world without disease.

GSK pays $170M upfront to continue to ride oligonucleotide wave for years to come

GSK has added another oligonucleotide to its pipeline, with potentially plenty more to follow courtesy of a $170 million upfront collaboration with Wave Life Sciences.

ASH: Regeneron touts a new benchmark in lymphoma, but adverse events keep the story on safety

Regeneron is boasting about having the highest complete response rate for advanced follicular lymphoma, but a question hangs heavy over the most recent data: Can the bispecific overcome a slate of deaths and serious adverse events that have occurred in several trials?

ASH: Eli Lilly pads novel BTK's case amid FDA review. But AbbVie-J&J, BeiGene and AZ need not worry

A new BTK inhibitor could be in town soon. With a different construct compared with the three incumbents, the Eli Lilly candidate is angling for a unique treatment setting.

Nordic Nanovector scrambles to recruit new directors, CEO after boardroom walkout and failed merger

Nordic Nanovector is in a race to recruit a suite of directors from scratch as well as a new CEO after the boardroom resigned in the wake of the failed acquisition of APIM Therapeutics.

Suturing at the cellular level: Creating synthetic sticky molecules to build organs and treat disease

Scientists have figured out how to develop synthetic adhesion molecules that could one day be used to build new organs and treat disease.

After Vifor acquisition and gene therapy approval, CSL taps McKenzie as its next CEO

Manufacturing veteran Paul McKenzie, Ph.D., takes the reins at blood products specialist CSL after serving three years as its chief operating officer. McKenzie headed up manufacturing and supply chain management at Biogen before coming to Australia-based CSL in 2019.

Tandem inks $216M deal for AMF Medical and its insulin patch pump

Joining Tandem on its bicycle built for two is AMF Medical, the Swiss developer of a patch pump for automated insulin delivery.

ASH: Amgen's Blincyto looks to establish new leukemia standard after 9-year trial

A clinical trial that started before the first FDA approval for Blincyto might support a new use for the Amgen therapy in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

NIH's All of Us study hits new milestone as largest-scale research effort to provide DNA results

The All of Us research program has begun returning personalized health-related DNA results to participants, marking the largest-scale effort to date to share genetic and pharmacogenetic information with study participants and a major milestone for the project.
 
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