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
AstraZeneca has abandoned a phase 3 trial of its experimental immuno-oncology candidate monalizumab in head and neck cancer, after an interim analysis suggested it was unlikely to show a be
While immunotherapies have transformed treatment of many types of cancer, they do sometimes fail to have an impact – as Merck & Co has just observed in a study of Keytruda in
Regeneron has agreed an all-cash deal to acquire CheckMate Pharmaceuticals, adding immune activator vidutolimod to its cancer immunotherapy pipeline and ending a barren spell for M&A in
Nektar Therapeutics is waiting on multiple data readouts for its lead drug bempegaldesleukin paired with strategic partner Bristol-Myers Squibb’s checkpoint inhibitor Opdivo, but that hasn’
NICE has rejected Bristol Myers Squibb’s immunotherapy Opdivo as a second-line treatment for head and neck cancer in first draft guidance, unconvinced by evidence unearthed during a three-y
Software that can be used to monitor patients with neurodegenerative disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) using their voice patterns has been granted breakthrough