Ipsen and Exelixis could expand the use of blockbuster oncology drug Cabometyx into prostate cancer, based on data from a phase 3 study – and help bring a cancer immunothe
Exelixis has suffered a blow to its efforts to expand the use of Cabometyx into additional indications after reporting mixed results in a phase 3 trial in liver cancer.
New phase 3 data have shored up the position of Merck & Co’s cancer immunotherapy Keytruda in the increasingly competitive first-line kidney cancer market.
Exelixis has taken a $20 million option to license in an antibody-drug conjugate cancer (ADC) drug from Iconic, with clinical trials expected to start next year.
Bristol-Myers Squibb could be mere months away from claiming a second US approval for an Opdivo-based combination immunotherapy that will help defend its first-line kidney cancer franchise.
Exelixis made its name developing small-molecule drugs for cancer, so a new pair of deals focused on antibody-drug conjugates reinforces a recent change of direction for the biotech.
The EMA's human medicines committee has recommended against approval of Eisai and Biogen's Alzheimer's disease therapy Leqembi, after regulators in the US, China and Japan gave a green ligh