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Tubulis doses first patient in phase 1/2a trial investigating ADC candidate TUB-040 in ovarian cancer and lung adenocarcinoma (NSCLC). TUB-040 is a NaPi2b-targeting Exatecan ADC based on Tubulis’ proprietary linker technology with better biophysical properties that demonstrated effective and durable responses in a range of preclinical models.  

CEO Dr Peter Sondermann © Tacalyx GmbH

Glycan target specialist Tacalyx GmbH expands its seed financing to €14m to advance its anti-TACA cancer therapies.

Antibodies get a second life with the right attachment (payload) (©Genmab A/S, Valby)

Genmab announced today that it will acquire privately held biotech company ProfoundBio for $1.8bn in cash. The deal is designed to help the Danish pharmaceutical company deepen its cancer pipeline with next-generation antibody-drug conjugate therapies where the company has already an inlicensing deal with former Synaffix´s ADC technology platform (which was acquired mid of 2023 by Lonza).

ADC in action, illustration by @ImmunoGen Inc.

AbbVie buys ImmunoGen in US$10 billion deal, gains access to ADC for ovarian cancer. The ADC space gets hotter and hotter.

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Sotio hsd licenced Synaffix’ ADC platform for up to US$740m to develop up to three next generation bioconjugates.

Illustrative look at the tight junctions of cell-cell interaction (provided by SYnAbs S.A.)
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Alentis is the only company developing potential treatments for solid cancers and fibrosis targeting Claudin-1 (CLDN1). The molecule is significantly involved in the tight junction between cells. Now the company closed a three digit million Seriec C round.

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Genmab and argenx have entered a multiyear collaboration bringing together capabilities to jointly discover, develop and commercialise antibody therapies.

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BioNTech has entered the ADC field with an exclusive license and collaboration agreement with China’s DualityBio Ltd for two antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) assets.

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Pfizer strengthens its oncology portfolio by acquiring Seagen, the biotech specialist in antibody-drug conjugates technology.

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Rational antibody design specialist Hummingbird Bioscience has licenced a cancer target and the modular ADC technology of Dutch Synaffix BV.