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First patient dosed in Enterome’s metastatic colon cancer trial

By Isabel Cameron

Enterome, a clinical-stage company developing first-in-class immunomodulatory drugs for solid and liquid malignancies and inflammatory diseases, has announced that the first patient has been dosed in its phase 1/2 trial evaluating EO4010.

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iOnctura reveals new translational cancer research

By Isabel Cameron

iOnctura, a clinical stage biotech company developing breakthrough therapies for cancer, has announced the peer-reviewed publication of translational research on the novel autotaxin (ATX) inhibitor IOA-289.

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BioNTech and OncoC4 team up on novel checkpoint antibody

By Rachel Arthur

BioNTech and OncoC4 have announced a worldwide license and collaboration agreement to develop and commercialize OncoC4’s next-generation anti-CTLA-4 monoclonal antibody candidate, ONC-392, as monotherapy or combination therapy in various cancer indications....

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Amneal secures second US biosimilars approval

By Jane Byrne

Last week saw the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approve the Biologics License Application (BLA) from Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc for bevacizumab-maly, a biosimilar referencing Avastin, the Roche/Genentech product.

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Lonza and Doer Biologics in expression system license deal

By Jane Byrne

Lonza has signed a licensing agreement with clinical-stage biopharma, Zhejiang Doer Biologics, whereby the Hangzhou, China based biopharma company will develop multi-specific biotherapeutics using the Swiss CDMO’s XS Pichia.