280Bio initiates Phase 1 clinical study for YL-17231 after FDA approval

Pallavi Madhiraju- July 10, 2023

In a significant breakthrough for 280Bio, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the green light to its ... Read More

RemeGen, Innovent Biologics to collaborate on clinical trials for combination therapies with ADCs

Pallavi Madhiraju- July 10, 2023

RemeGen, a commercial-stage Chinese biotechnology firm, and Innovent Biologics have announced their collaboration in a clinical research and supply agreement. This partnership focuses on conducting ... Read More

Thermo Fisher Scientific launches Gibco OncoPro Tumoroid Culture Medium Kit

Pallavi Madhiraju- June 29, 2023

Fisher Scientific, a global leader in serving science, unveiled its latest product, the Gibco OncoPro Tumoroid Culture Medium Kit to expedite development of novel cancer ... Read More

ALX Oncology gets EC’s orphan drug status for evorpacept in gastric cancer

Pallavi Madhiraju- June 27, 2023

ALX Oncology Holdings, an Australian immuno-oncology company focusing on CD47 checkpoint pathway blocking therapies, declared a significant milestone with its flagship drug candidate evorpacept securing ... Read More

Yashoda Hospital, Elekta introduce Unity MR Linac for cancer treatment

Pallavi Madhiraju- June 23, 2023

Yashoda Hospital, in partnership with Elekta, a Swedish developer of precision radiation therapy, has introduced the latter’s Unity MR Linac system in India, marking a ... Read More

MEDiC Life Sciences, Bristol Myers Squibb to advance discovery of tumor targets

Pallavi Madhiraju- June 5, 2023

MEDiC Life Sciences, a biotech startup based in Silicon Valley, has announced a research collaboration with pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb to advance the discovery ... Read More

Invivoscribe, Complete Genomics to develop biomarker tests for oncology research

Pallavi Madhiraju- June 3, 2023

Invivoscribe and Complete Genomics have announced a partnership aimed at developing and commercializing biomarker tests on the latter’s next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms. The collaboration, covering ... Read More

Sesen Bio gets shareholders’ approval for merger with Carisma Therapeutics

Pallavi Madhiraju- March 4, 2023

Nasdaq-listed Sesen Bio said that its stockholders have approved the previously announced merger deal with Carisma Therapeutics aimed at creating a clinical-stage biotechnology company for ... Read More

Moderna, Merck get FDA breakthrough status for mRNA-4157/V940, KEYTRUDA combo in melanoma

Pallavi Madhiraju- February 23, 2023

Moderna and Merck announced that the investigational personalized mRNA cancer vaccine mRNA-4157/V940 in combination with the latter’s lung cancer drug KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) has been given ... Read More

Gilead gets Trodelvy FDA approval for pre-treated HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer

Raghuram Kadari- February 10, 2023

Gilead Sciences has secured the approval of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Trodelvy (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy) for pre-treated HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer. The ... Read More