Astellas has taken an option to acquire US biotech Potenza Therapeutics after the companies spent more than three years working together on cancer immunotherapies.
NICE has finalised its guidance recommending interim NHS funding for Gilead’s Yescarta CAR-T therapy, to treat patients with aggressive forms of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
AstraZeneca’s immunotherapy Imfinzi has failed in another late stage study, while Roche’s rival Tecentriq combination has been approved in the sought-after first line lung cancer indication