US company Freenome will use its multiomics platform to develop response biomarkers to ADC Therapeutics’ Phase II antibody drug conjugate (ADC) ADCT-402.

GlaxoSmithKline plc announced belantamab mafodotin (GSK2857916) met the primary endpoint of overall response rate (ORR) in a pivotal Phase II trial in treatment-refractive multiple myeloma.

Researchers from Paul Scherrer Institute in Villingen, Switzerland, and Hoffmann La-Roche AG report in Cell they have solved the structure of a target relevant in metastasis.

An antibody therapy that targets red blood cells (RBCs) unexpectedly showed anti-inflammatory effects and rapidly reversed rheumatoid arthritis and prevented lung injury in mouse models. 

Nabriva Therapeutics plc has got the go from the FDA to market its pleuromutilin antibiotic Xenleta (lefamulin), a protein synthesis blocker with new mode-of-action to treat community-acquired bacterial pneumonia.

Zurich-based ADC maker Araris Biotech AG announced the closing of an oversubscribed seed financing round of CHF2.5m with Redalpine, Schroder Adveq and VI Partners contibuting.

The FDA has given the go-ahead to PharmaMar’s proposal to file for accelerated approval its New Drug Application (NDA) for lurbinectedin monotherapy for the treatment of second-line small-cell lung cancer.

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered a new sensory receptor organ that is able to detect painful mechanical damage, such as pricks and impacts.

British researchers have found out what’s going wrong with chromosome segregation in some cancers. 

Pharming NV has paid €17.9m upfront to Novartis AG for an exclusive license to CDZ173, a late stage drug for the treatment of APDS