Germany's Merck KGaA paid $237 million upfront for rights to Debiopharm's head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) therapy xevinapant last year, in a deal valued at more than $1 billio
Despite setbacks for projects trying to harness the power of the cytokine interleukin-2 (IL-2) as a cancer therapy, there are still plenty of players on the field – and Roche has just joine
Gilead Sciences' Kite Pharma unit has carved out a niche for its CD19-targeted CAR-T therapy Tecartus in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) in Europe, free of direct competition from arch-
Pleco Therapeutics has closed a first-round financing, raising just over €17 million that it says will fund the development of its lead therapy for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) through to
NICE has said it is unable to recommend NHS use of AstraZeneca's Lynparza for some patients with prostate cancer, after failing to reach an agreement on price with the drugmaker.
The EU has blocked the merger of Illumina and Grail, saying the deal would stifle innovation in blood-based diagnostics for cancer diagnostics, just days after a bid by the US authorities t