BioNTech oncology acquisition to advance bispecific antibodies
The acquisition is set to strengthen BioNTech’s capabilities in development and manufacture of next-generation bispecific antibodies.
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The acquisition is set to strengthen BioNTech’s capabilities in development and manufacture of next-generation bispecific antibodies.
Recommendation of AbbVie’s bispecific antibody for NHS use is based on a Phase I/II trial, which observed a 62 percent overall response rate in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first bispecific antibody with a fixed-duration treatment in (R/R) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
A $40 million agreement will enable GSK to exclusively license up to four bi- and multi-specific T cell engaging antibodies.
It is possible to manufacture monoclonal antibodies using traditional methods, but the challenges inherent in bispecific antibodies such as low titer, mismatched chains, unwanted fragments and higher aggregation levels require a heightened analytical focus on clonal cell selection. Here, Stuart Jamieson and Alice Harrison at Lonza discuss high-throughput analytical strategies…
Innate Pharma will receive a €25m upfront payment from Sanofi to license its B7H3 ANKETTM platform, which is creating a new class of molecules to induce synthetic cancer immunity.