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And Astellas’ latest drug discovery partner is… Sony?

Astellas Pharma has looked outside of the box for its latest cancer drug development partnership, joining forces with Sony on a project to find new antibody-drug conjugate

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AstraZeneca builds in cancer ADCs again, with LaNova deal

AstraZeneca has looked to China for another antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) candidate for cancer, paying $55 million for rights to a preclinical candidate from Shanghai-base

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FDA rejects ImmunityBio’s bladder cancer drug

Shares in ImmunityBio were in freefall today after it revealed the FDA had rejected its marketing application for Anktiva as a treatment for bladder cancer.

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Caution urged as Pfizer’s maternal RSV shot adcomm nears

There have been calls for caution when it comes to the use of Pfizer’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine in pregnant women, ahead of an FDA advisory committee meet

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Sobi sizes up $1.7bn merger with blood cancer biotech CTI

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (Sobi) has agreed a $1.7 billion merger deal to acquire CTI BioPharma and its recently-approved Vonjo drug for people with blood cancer myelofibro

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XinThera buy builds Gilead’s cancer, inflammation pipeline

Gilead Sciences has bulked up its early-stage R&D portfolio with an agreement to buy XinThera, adding drugs targeting PARP for oncology and MK2 for inflammatory diseas

And Astellas’ latest drug discovery partner is… Sony?

AstraZeneca builds in cancer ADCs again, with LaNova deal

FDA rejects ImmunityBio’s bladder cancer drug

Caution urged as Pfizer’s maternal RSV shot adcomm nears

Sobi sizes up $1.7bn merger with blood cancer biotech CTI

XinThera buy builds Gilead’s cancer, inflammation pipeline

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