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Dantari emerges with a new way to make cancer drug conjugates

Bio Pharma Dive

As the success of drugs like Enhertu catalyzes new investment in antibody-drug conjugates, the California startup is launching with plans to develop more potent versions of the targeted cancer medicines.

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Seagen, Genmab win speedy FDA approval for cervical cancer drug

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Tivdak, a type of drug known as an antibody-drug conjugate, is the fourth approved medicine for Seagen and its third to reach market since December 2019.

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Bristol Myers pays Agenus $200M for drug aimed at top immunotherapy target

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The pharma acquired rights to an experimental antibody medicine that blocks a protein, called TIGIT, that's become a focus for several cancer drugmakers.

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Merck, facing threat to Keytruda, buys into new kind of cancer immunotherapy

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The company is paying China-based biotech LaNova Medicines $588 million for the type of dual-pronged antibody drug that recently bested Keytruda in a clinical trial.

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AbbVie to buy UK biotech DJS for $255M

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The deal gives AbbVie an experimental medicine for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, as well as a platform for designing antibody drugs that can target proteins known as GPCRs.

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J&J wins approval of new kind of multiple myeloma drug

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The treatment, which will be sold as Tecvayli, is the first bispecific antibody cleared for the disease. It joins a group of medicines on market that target a protein called BCMA.

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BioNTech moves into ADCs with Duality deal

Bio Pharma Dive

The biotech is expanding its cancer medicine pipeline by licensing two experimental antibody drug conjugates from Shanghai-based Duality.

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