Roche’s Genentech unit has paid $200 million to develop an individualised cancer vaccine with Norwegian biotech Vaccibody, which focuses on targets known as neoantigens that spring up as tu
Shares in US biotech CTI BioPharma have shot up after the FDA agreed to an accelerated review early next year of its lead drug pacritinib for low blood platelets (thrombocytopenia) caused b
LifeSci Acquisition – a so-called ‘blank cheque’ company – has announced a $60 million merger with Vincera Pharma that will focus on developing cancer drugs.
Pfizer has paid $200 million to buy 9.9% of Hong Kong-listed cancer biotech CStone, beginning a strategic collaboration that will see the big US pharma gain rights to the company’s immunoth
China’s Junshi Biosciences has said it plans filings for a new cancer immunotherapy after its toripalimab outperformed standard chemotherapy in cancer of the upper throat in a phase 3 trial
Shares in UK biotech Valirx were up sharpy this morning after its lead drug VAL201 showed evidence of efficacy in advanced prostate cancer in its first clinical trial.