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FOSTER CITY, Calif. & LEXINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) and Agenus Inc. (NASDAQ: AGEN) announced today the companies have entered into an immuno-oncology (I-O) partnership focused on the development and commercialization of up to five novel immuno-oncology therapies. Under the terms of the agreement, Agenus will receive $150 …
Tag Archives: Immuno-Oncology
December, 2018
November, 2018
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16 November
MorphoSys and I-Mab Sign Strategic Partnering Agreement for MorphoSys’s Novel Immuno-Oncology Agent MOR210
MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime Standard Segment, MDAX & TecDAX; NASDAQ: MOR) and I-Mab Biopharma (“I-Mab”), a biotech company focusing exclusively on innovative biologics in immuno-oncology and autoimmune diseases, jointly announced today that they have entered into an exclusive strategic collaboration and regional licensing agreement for MOR210. MOR210 is MorphoSys’s …
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9 November
CRISPR Therapeutics Gains Additional Rights to MaxCyte’s Cell Engineering Technology to Develop CRISPR/Cas9-Based Cell Therapies
ZUG, Switzerland and CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and GAITHERSBURG, Md., Nov. 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CRSP) and MaxCyte today announced the expansion of their existing relationship by entering into a non-exclusive commercial license agreement that will allow CRISPR Therapeutics to deploy MaxCyte’s Flow Electroporation®Technology to develop CRISPR/Cas9-based therapies in …
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8 November
BioTime and Asterias Biotherapeutics Enter Into Definitive Merger Agreement to Create Leading Cell Therapy Company
ALAMEDA, Calif. & FREMONT, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BioTime, Inc. (NYSE American and TASE: BTX), and Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. (“Asterias”) (NYSE American: AST), today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby BioTime will acquire all of the remaining outstanding common stock of Asterias that are not currently owned by …
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8 November
NantKwest Announces Promising First in Human Clinical Results of 300 Doses Of CD16 Targeted, Off-The-Shelf Cryopreserved Natural Killer Cells in a Novel Cancer Memory Vaccine Immunotherapy
CULVER CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The recent successes of immunotherapy, such as checkpoint inhibition, have spawned a wave of enthusiasm for immuno-oncology. Unfortunately, only a subset of cancer patients respond to checkpoint inhibitor monotherapy, and many of these checkpoint-responsive patients will eventually relapse. In addition, cellular therapy in the form of CAR-T …
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7 November
Nektar and Pfizer Collaborate to Evaluate Combination of NKTR-214 with Avelumab and Talazoparib or Enzalutamide in Multiple Cancers
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) announced that it has entered into an oncology clinical collaboration with Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) to evaluate several combination regimens in multiple cancer settings, including metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). The collaboration will evaluate Nektar’s lead immuno-oncology …
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7 November
Lilly and NextCure Announce Collaboration to Discover and Develop Novel Immuno-Oncology Medicines
INDIANAPOLIS and BELTSVILLE, Md., Nov. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and NextCure, Inc. today announced a multi-year collaboration focused on the discovery and development of immuno-oncology therapies. The collaboration seeks to discover novel cancer targets utilizing NextCure’s proprietary FIND-IO™ platform. Under the terms of the agreement, Lilly and NextCure will each receive options …
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1 November
Gilead and Tango Therapeutics Announce Strategic Collaboration to Develop Next-Generation Targeted Immuno-Oncology Therapies
FOSTER CITY, Calif. & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) and Tango Therapeutics, Inc., a company focused on the discovery and development of novel cancer therapies, today announced a global strategic collaboration to discover, develop and commercialize a pipeline of innovative targeted immuno-oncology treatments for patients with cancer. Under …
September, 2018
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13 September
Boehringer Ingelheim Acquires All Shares of ViraTherapeutics to Develop Next Generation Viral-Based Immuno-Oncology Therapies
INGELHEIM, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Boehringer Ingelheim today announced that it has acquired all shares of ViraTherapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of oncolytic viral therapies. ViraTherapeutics developed the lead candidate VSV-GP (Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) with modified glycoprotein (GP)), which is being investigated alone and in combination with other therapies. …
August, 2018
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22 August
AbbVie Exercises Option to License Argenx’s GARP Checkpoint Inhibitor
Breda, the Netherlands/Ghent, Belgium – argenx (Euronext & Nasdaq: ARGX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a deep pipeline of differentiated antibody-based therapies for the treatment of severe autoimmune diseases and cancer, today announced the exercise by AbbVie of its exclusive license option to develop and commercialize ARGX-115, an antibody targeting the …