Congratulations to our partner FibroGen, Inc. for receiving FDA clearance for FG-3165, a Gal-9 antagonist derived from HiFiBiO's HFB200902! HiFiBiO Therapeutics embraces an open innovation model where our team works collaboratively with our partners globally to accelerate advances in immunotherapies. We are attending BIO if you are interested in exploring partnership opportunities! #openinnovation #immunotherapies #partnership
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𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞@https://lnkd.in/dcvXqwuS The field of Monoclonal Antibodies (MAbs) is experiencing rapid growth in the pharmaceutical industry, making it one of the most dynamic areas of new drug development. Over the next decade, we can expect a significant increase in the utilization and adoption of monoclonal antibody products. In recent years, several blockbuster products such as Rituxan, Remicade, Avastin, Humira, and Herceptin, have received approval and achieved blockbuster status. Furthermore, there are currently over 300 new drugs in clinical trials, indicating the ongoing innovation in this field. Both established biotechnology companies and emerging start-ups are actively involved in the development of monoclonal antibodies. This collaborative effort will contribute to the growing prominence of monoclonal antibody products in the coming years. MAbs are extremely selective for cancer cells because they attach to proteins on their surfaces & stimulate an immune reaction. Cancer mAbs may hold a significant position within the global mAbs market due to the growing global prevalence of cancer. Moreover, major pharmaceutical companies worldwide are making substantial investments in research and development related to cancer biologics, particularly MAbs. This is because MAbs offer efficiency and reduced toxicity compared to chemotherapy and other treatment modalities for various types of cancer, making them valuable in both the diagnosis and treatment of various cancer types. Human mAbs are preferred due to lower immunogenicity as compared to other mAb types such as murine, chimeric, and others. The first fully human mAb, Humira, was approved in 2002 with the help of phage display technology and the number of approved fully human mAbs has continued to rise ever since. A majority of the fully human mAbs are produced using transgenic mice, while some are produced by using phage display technology. Rising adoption of transgenic mice is favored by their ability to produce highly specific and affinity-matured antibodies, whereas demand for phage display technologies is supported by scalability, parallelization, and miniaturization attributes offered by the technique. Furthermore, fully human mAbs represent a promising option for treatment of severe, nonmalignant conditions, such as asthma, hypercholesterolemia, atopic dermatitis, and osteoporosis, which can significantly boost market growth. For instance, in December 2022, Aptar Pharma stated that its VP7 nasal multi-dose system will be used to deliver Hibiocy's Vaill Covitrap anti-CoV decongestant spray, which has been recently licensed by Thailand's Food & Drug Administration (FDA).
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Dren Bio, Inc., a privately held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing antibody therapeutics for cancer, autoimmune, and other serious diseases, today announced that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with Novartis Pharma AG, a subsidiary of Novartis AG. The collaboration will focus on the discovery and development of therapeutic bispecific antibodies for cancer using Dren Bio’s proprietary Targeted Myeloid Engager and Phagocytosis Platform. “Our agreement with Dren Bio is a promising opportunity to discover novel bispecific antibody therapies for cancer, building on our longstanding expertise in immuno-oncology science at Novartis,” said Shiva Malek, Ph.D., Global Head of Oncology for Biomedical Research at Novartis. “We’re excited to collaborate to bring forward new therapeutic options for patients living with cancer, complementing our strategic efforts across a wide range of modalities, including targeted therapies, biologics, radioligand therapies and CAR-Ts.” “We are thrilled to establish this new collaboration with Novartis, a global leader in oncology,” said Nenad Tomasevic, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Dren Bio. “Combining the proven capabilities of Novartis in oncology drug development with Dren Bio’s novel platform could enable the advancement of important new therapies for patients.” Amit Mehta, Ph.D., Chief Operating Officer and Chief Business Officer of Dren Bio, added “Dren Bio’s Targeted Myeloid Engager and Phagocytosis Platform is designed to deplete various disease-causing agents and has led to a rich and diverse pipeline. This collaboration will benefit from Novartis' impressive track record of developing novel medicines and help further expand the reach of our platform.” Under the terms of the agreement, Dren Bio will receive a total upfront consideration of $150 million from Novartis, which includes a $25 million equity investment in the Company. Dren Bio is also eligible to receive up to $2.85 billion in additional cash payments upon achieving certain preclinical, clinical, regulatory, and commercial milestones, as well as tiered royalties on future net sales of any commercialized products resulting from the collaboration. Dren Bio and Novartis will collaborate to advance selected targeted myeloid engager programs in oncology through clinical candidate selection, at which point Novartis will assume full responsibility for all remaining development, manufacturing, regulatory, and commercialization activities. The agreement is subject to customary closing conditions including regulatory clearance. #Oncology #ImmunoOncology #TargetedMyeloidEngager #Collaboration #DrenBio #Novartis #ReimagineMedicine
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Tunable Antibody Drug Conjugate! OS Therapies, a clinical-stage immunotherapy and Antibody Drug Conjugate (ADC) biopharmaceutical company, announced two weeks ago the development and in vitro concept data for two novel ADC therapeutic candidates leveraging the Company’s proprietary SiLinker™ technology. The Company has completed target engagement tests for both therapeutic candidates and confirmed their therapeutic potential. OS Therapies is advancing its next generation Antibody Drug Conjugate (ADC) platform, known as tunable ADC (tADC), which features tunable, tailored antibody-linker-payload candidates. This platform leverages the Company’s proprietary silicone linker technology, enabling the delivery of multiple payloads. Based upon the disclosed information at this company’s website, its tADC technology is achieved mainly the Conditionally Active Payloads (CAPs) which only cross cell membranes and kill cancer cells under the same acidic conditions that its SiLinkrs cleave. Chinese Antibody Society is an independent non-profit, non-government global professional organization with focus upon antibody-based therapeutics. Our society’s official journal, Antibody Therapeutics is an international peer-reviewed, open access journal published by Oxford University Press, and is indexed by ESCI, PubMed and Scopus (2023 CiteScore: 8.7). You are welcome to visit the official website of the journal (see link below) and submit your therapeutic antibody related manuscripts to our journal. https://lnkd.in/gsTu_U2 #antibodies #antibody #antibodytherapeutics #mabs #mab #biologics #adc #adcs #antibodydrugconjugates #antibodydrugconjugate
OS Therapies Announces Development of Two Novel Tunable Antibody Drug Conjugate (tADC)-Based Therapeutic Candidates
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Johnson & Johnson announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ambrx Biopharma, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a proprietary synthetic biology technology platform to design and develop next-generation antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), in an all-cash merger transaction for a total equity value of approximately $2.0 billion, or $1.9 billion net of estimated cash acquired. Ambrx is advancing a focused portfolio of clinical and preclinical programs designed to optimize efficacy and safety of its candidate therapeutics in multiple cancer indications, including ARX517, its proprietary ADC targeting PSMA for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC); ARX788, its proprietary ADC targeting human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) for metastatic HER2+ breast cancer; and ARX305, its proprietary ADC targeting CD-70 for renal cell carcinoma. “Ambrx’s ADC technology offers unique advantages in the conjugation of stable antibodies and cytotoxic linker payloads, which results in engineered ADCs that effectively kill cancer cells and limit toxicities,” said Yusri Elsayed, MD, MHSc,PhD, Global Therapeutic Area Head, Oncology, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine. “The results seen to date with ARX517 in mCRPC are promising and represent a potential first- and best-in-class targeted therapy for the treatment of this aggressive disease. In addition, Ambrx’s pipeline and ADC platform present exciting future opportunities to deliver enhanced, precision biologics as we look to transform the treatment of cancer and improve patients’ lives.” “With a median overall survival of less than two years and novel hormonal therapies moving earlier in the disease, significant unmet need remains in the treatment of mCRPC,” said Margaret Yu, M.D., Prostate Cancer Disease Area Leader, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine. “We see a unique opportunity to harness the potential of this innovative ADC platform, and with our deep understanding of prostate cancer, deliver a targeted PSMA therapeutic for addressing the growing needs of the more than 185,000 patients living with metastatic castration-resistant disease today.” Ambrx was spun out of The Scripps Research Institute in 2003. The company pioneered the expanded genetic code technology platform for incorporation of synthetic amino acid (SAA) into proteins at any selected site using industry standard cell lines. SAAs allow engineered precision biologics with site-specific, homogenous and stable conjugation, overcoming limitations of traditional conjugation technologies. #ADC #prostatecancer #mCRPC #renalcellcarcinoma #breastcancer #Ambrx #JohnsonandJohnson 👉 Media Center (jnj.com)
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Jingrui pharma's brain penetrable BET inhibitor JRD-018 is approved by the U.S. FDA for clinical investigation on April 24, 2024 JINGRUI pharma, a small molecule anti-tumor drug discovery company, has announced that its BET inhibitor JRD-018 has gained Investigational New Drug (IND) approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of advanced malignancies. The drug is designed to be taken once a day orally. This is the first IND approval Jingrui Biopharma has obtained in its three years since its establishment. Jingrui will commence Phase I clinical trial and will recruit patients to determine the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of JRD-018, and obtain preliminary anti-tumor activity of the drug in patients with advanced solid tumors, hematologic malignancies, brain-metastasized or primary brain tumors. JRD-018 targets the bromodomain and extra-terminal domain (BET) family of proteins, whose bromodomains (BRDs) are characterized with a conserved sequence of 110 amino acids that form a hydrophobic binding pocket for acetylated lysine residues on histones and other proteins. As a BET inhibitor, JRD-018 effectively inhibits the expression of c-Myc and inhibits tumor growth. c-Myc is considered to be a classic oncogene but has been difficult to be therapeutically targeted for a long time due to its lack of suitable drug-binding structure. JRD-018 showed good anti-tumor activities in glioma, small cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, myeloid monocytic leukemia and breast cancer in monotherapy. The blood brain barrier (BBB) has always posed big challenge for the industry for drug delivery to the brain. We foresee that with the improvement of drug delivery to the brain, the survival rate of patients with brain tumors or brain-metastasized tumors will drastically improve. So far, while there are a number of BETi in clinical trials worldwide, very few have been reported BBB-permeable and capable of treating brain tumors. Therefore, the significance of JRD-018 development cannot be overstated. "We are very grateful to all the staff and shareholders of Jingrui for their continuous innovation, hard work and full support! The IND approval of JRD-018 in the United States is an important milestone in the company's development.” Dr. Mark Han, Founder and CEO of Jingrui Pharma, said, "We will continue to work hard and leverage our unique strength to provide patients and doctors with newer, safer and more effective treatments as fast as we can.”
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Elpiscience Biopharmaceuticals and Astellas Pharma Enter into Research Collaboration and License Agreement for Novel Bispecific Macrophage Engager Shanghai and Suzhou, TOKYO, December 28, 2023 - Elpiscience Biopharma, Ltd. (Chairman and CEO: Darren Ji, MD, Ph.D., “Elpiscience”) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) today announced a research collaboration and license agreement for novel bispecific macrophage engagers, ES019 and another program. The two companies will collaboratively conduct early-stage research for these two programs. Elpiscience will also grant Astellas the right to add up to two additional programs to be included in the collaboration. If Astellas exercises its option, Elpiscience will grant Astellas the exclusive right to further research, develop, manufacture and commercialize the products for each program. Elpiscience is a privately held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing next-generation immuno-oncology therapies for cancer patients worldwide. Their Bispecific Macrophage Engager Platform (BiME®) is anti-tumor associated antigen (TAA) and anti-signal-regulatory protein α (SIRPα) bispecific antibody-based platform to activate Tumor Associated Macrophage (TAM) phagocytosis killing towards specific TAA expressing tumor cells. BiME® shows highly potent phagocytosis due to engagement of the Fc receptor on TAM and the tumor cells via TAA and SIRPα, and blockade of CD47-SIRPα “don’t eat me” signaling1. This platform is utilized for ES019, an anti-PD-L1/SIRPα bispecific antibody. https://lnkd.in/ehWJrpRR
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Canadian immunotherapy company Synthekine has announced a global partnership with Sanofi to develop IL-10 receptor agonists for inflammatory diseases. Under the deal, Sanofi and Synthekine will work together to research cytokine therapies up to a predefined point in preclinical development. After that, Sanofi will be solely responsible for preclinical, clinical and commercial development of any IL-10 therapeutics. Sanofi has agreed to give Synthekine a $40m upfront payment, with the potential for additional payments upon reaching preclinical, development, regulatory and commercial milestones, including possible royalties on net sales. In its programme, the biotech aims to remove the immunostimulatory effects of the drug class, hampering the drug’s toxicity while maintaining efficacy. In its pipeline, the biotech currently has two Phase I candidates and seven candidates in preclinical and investigational new drug application (IND)-enabling stages. These therapies include engineered cytokine partial agonists, surrogate cytokine agonists, and orthogonal cytokine and cell therapy combinations. Synthekine’s most advanced therapy, STK-012, is a modified IL-2 cytokine that selectively stimulates antigen-activated T cells. In September 2023, Synthekine announced the dosing of the first patient in its Phase Ib study (NCT05098132). The ongoing trial is investigating the therapy for solid tumour types, including renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Read more: https://lnkd.in/esxbuU9Y Stay in touch with all the leading stories by subscribing to our LinkedIn Newsletter here: https://bit.ly/3RbdKtc
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HighField Biopharmaceuticals, will present positive clinical and preclinical data of HFK1, a drug encapsulated immunoliposome for treatment of solid tumors, at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting May 31 – June 4, in Chicago, IL. The poster titled “The design, preclinical study and Phase 1 dose escalation of a HER2 targeted immunoliposome (HF-K1) for HER2 low solid tumor treatment,” will be presented Saturday, June 1st from 9am-12pm CDT. The poster presentation describes preliminary findings from the company’s Phase 1a study of HFK1 for HER2 low expression cancers. The first patient dosed suffers from lung metastasis of a rare HER2 low cancer. The patient has been treated with HFK1 for more than five months with no dose-limiting toxicity and stable disease. The clinical and preclinical data, which will be presented by HighField CEO and Scientific Founder Yuhong Xu, Ph.D., also includes study results comparing HFK1 to other antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) and PEGylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD). The findings demonstrate HFK1 improves significantly on the safety and efficacy of ADCs and PLD. In particular, HFK1 exceeded ADCs in expanding the drug therapeutic window and reducing tumor growth. “We look forward to sharing the encouraging data of our HFK1 studies at ASCO,” said Dr. Xu. “They confirm our confidence that our unique drug encapsulated immunoliposomes will offer a new alternative for targeting HER2 low cancers with lower off-target toxicities and wider therapeutic windows.” HighField’s Phase 1 open-label clinical trial is enrolling patients who have advanced refractory solid tumors with HER2 low expression. The Phase 1a dose escalation portion will be followed by a Phase 1b dose expansion phase. Both the Phase 1a and 1b studies will assess the safety and preliminary efficacy of HFK1. For more information visit NCT05861895 on clinicaltrials.gov. HighField’s immunoliposomes represent a new generation of targeted chemotherapy drugs following the success of antibody drug conjugates (ADCs). Due to their unique features, HighField’s immunoliposomes may offer better safety with greater efficacy in treatment of a broad range of solid tumor types. For more information visit: highfield.bio #cancerresearch #adc #antibodydrugconjugates #biopharma #ASCO24 https://lnkd.in/g9U_-hug
HighField Biopharmaceuticals ASCO 2024 Poster Presentation Shows HFK1, a Unique Immunoliposome May Improve Clinical Outcomes over Antibody Drug Conjugates - HighField Bio
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AstraZeneca and Presage Biosciences collaborates for a “Remarkable Intratumoral Evaluation of 3 Novel Drugs (done concurrently)”: A Ground-breaking Tumor microenvironment analysis in HNSCC Antitumor efficacy in PCT models doesn't translate faithfully to patient outcomes– a fundamental problem in cancer drug development! To address this inconsistency, Presage Biosciences have developed a technology platform called CIVO (Comparative In Vivo Oncology), which enables simultaneous assessment of up to eight drugs or drug combinations within a single solid tumor in vivo. On April, 2024, Astra Zeneca in collaboration with Presage Biosciences initiated a Phase 0 trial. (Phase O studies can help identify, early in the process, promising candidates for continued development and eliminate those lacking promise). Key facts: 🚩 The purpose of this trial was to evaluate the localized pharmacodynamics (PD) of rilvegostomig, volrustomig, and sabestomig within the tumor microenvironment (TME) of HNSCC tumor when administered intratumorally in microdose quantities via the CIVO device (Based on Presage’s CIVO Platform). 🚩 AstraZeneca (AZ) is developing 3 bispecific novel monoclonal antibodies: rilvegostomig, volrustomig, and sabestomig designed to stimulate antitumor immunity. 🚩 Using Presage’s CIVO device, AZ will get to evaluate the intratumoral activity of all these 3 drugs simultaneously, by injecting their microdoses, that too, in a single patient tumor, while the tumor is still in the patient, in its native environment! 🚩 Pembrolizumab will also be injected in a single patient tumor to see how it compares with the other 3 AZ’s novel drugs. Why is this process unique? Because microdoses of the novel drugs are injected directly in the tumor (thereby maintaining the tumor microenvironment), the results produced would be more promising than systemically administering the evaluated drug. All this while Presages CIVO platform tracks the drug exposure intratumorally and provides quantitative analysis on distinct cell populations within the intact TME. Implications for Drug Developers This trial represents a significant opportunity for drug developers to gain insights into tumor and microenvironment responses to multiple drug combinations. The data obtained could revolutionize the strategies for developing more effective treatments for HNSCC and potentially other cancers. Are you looking to stay ahead in oncology drug development? Contact us to learn how our market research and consultancy services can help you leverage the latest advancements, like the CIVO platform, to accelerate your drug development process and optimize your clinical trial outcomes. Email us at support@mellalta.com #Oncology #CancerResearch #HNSCC #DrugDevelopment #Pharma #Biotech #Innovation #ClinicalTrials #Phase0 #CIVOPlatform #PresageBiosciences #AstraZeneca #Consulting #MarketResearch
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