Entries by Thomas Gabrielczyk

Next-gen antibody formats presented at PEGS Europe

Biotech CSOs, CDMOs, CROs, lab specialists and AI developers gave an in-depth insight into next-generation antibody-based therapies to about 1,500 attendees at the 16th PEGS Europe in Barcelona. Several new formats are expected to enter the market in the next few years, promising to significantly reduce the side effects of CAR-Ts, bispecific antibodies, ADCs, etc. and improve their efficacy.

Harbinger Health to speed up clinical cancer test validation

US spin-out of German MPI for molecular genetics, Harbinger Health Inc, has started a collaboration with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre to turboboost recruiting for its Core-HH study. The study aims to validate a blood test that predicts tumour developement in cancer stage I.

Hope for more selective cancer antibodies

Monoclonal antibodies still dominate the US$417bn biologics market. After decades of development, however, improved antibodies and protein formats with better target selectivity and safety profiles are now hitting markets and pipelines. A range of bi­specific antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates – along with CAR-Ts, TCR-RTs and NK cell-based immunoreceptor constructs – were in focus at the PEGS Europe Summit.

Blue Therapeutics gets financing to push radiotherapies

Radiopharmaceuticals specialist Blue Earth Therapeutics Ltd will use a U$76.5m Series A financing to finance Phase II development of its targeted prostate cancer radiopharmaceuticals Lutetium (177-Lu) rhPSMA-10.1 and Actinium (225-Ac) rhPSMA-10.1.