‘Chemo mouth’, otherwise known as oral mucositis, has emerged as the most significant adverse event in oncology, according to a National Comprehensive Cancer Network task force.
Last week (April 5), the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) welcomed the industry to the San Diego Convention Center for the AACR Annual Meeting 2024.
Curve Therapeutics, a biotech pioneering an intracellular screening platform addressing complex and challenging disease targets, has announced the publication of an article in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS).
Since Roche's Zelboraf (vemurafenib)gained FDA approval in 2011, significant strides have been made in BRAF-targeted cancer therapies, underscoring the significance of combating BRAF mutations in melanoma.
Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo was recently granted FDA approval in combination with cisplatin and gemcitabine as a first-line treatment for metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC).
California-based biotech company Metabolomycs has released a new study demonstrating how pancreatic cancer could be diagnosed earlier with a blood test.
OneChain Immunotherapeutics has received €1.9m from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation to advance a ‘groundbreaking’ CAR-T therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia type T into clinical development.
The father of a boy diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at the age of nine, inspired by his son's love of collecting, has created patches of positivity for children going through cancer treatment to collect.
TILT Biotherapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech company developing cancer immunotherapies, has received a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for a three-year project to treat ovarian cancer using its TILT-123 asset.
The US FDA has granted fast track designation to CAN-3110, a viral immunotherapy candidate from Candel Therapeutics to treat patients with recurrent high-grade glioma (HGG) and improve overall survival.
Cartherics, a biotechnology company developing immune cell therapies for the treatment of cancer, has completed a pre-investigational new drug (pre-IND) meeting with the FDA for a phase 1/2 clinical trial of its cell therapy product, CTH-401 for the treatment...
Despite the current Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor market being valued at approximately $6 billion, sales specifically for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) are predicted to be nearly $5 billion by 2032 in the seven major markets.
Oncology company Oxford BioTherapeutics has announced that the first patient has been dosed in a phase 1b trial investigating its lead candidate OBT076, in patients with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma (ACC) of the head and neck.
Irish pharmaceutical company Shorla Oncology and consultancy firm Eversana have announced the U.S. launch of JYLAMVO, the first oral methotrexate solution.
Antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) are booming in the biotech industry this year with mounting investment and M&A deals. Here are five ADC players that have caught the eye of investors in the last 12 months.
Hervé Affagard is the CEO and co-founder of MaaT Pharma and president of Alliance Promotion Microbiote. We sat down with him to discuss the company's promising lead product for gastrointestinal acute graft-versus-host disease.
Candel Therapeutics has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation for its lead adenovirus asset CAN-2409, for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
ViroCell Biologics, a London-based viral vector CDMO for cell and gene therapy clinical trials, has partnered with University College London (UCL) to advance its pediatric cancer treatment.
Angle, a liquid biopsy company with circulating tumour cell (CTC) diagnostic solutions for use in research, drug development and clinical oncology, has launched its Portrait PD-L1 test for the evaluation of PD-L1 protein expression on CTCs.
Triumvira Immunologics, a Texas-based clinical-stage company developing T cell therapeutics to treat patients with solid tumors, has announced that the first patient has been dosed in its phase 2 trial to treat gastric cancer.
Scientists may have identified the biggest breakthrough in cervical cancer treatment in 20 years, giving patients existing drugs before standard radiotherapy treatment.
Cellipoint Bioservices signed an agreement with Diakonos Oncology in October 2023 for the development and manufacturing of DOC1021, an autologous dendritic cell (DC) vaccine.
Antiverse, a biotech company developing a computational antibody drug discovery platform, is extending its collaboration with GlobalBio, an antibody engineering company, to advance immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer therapy.
Bolt Biotherapeutics, a San Francisco based company developing a platform for cancer immunotherapy, will present its phase 1/2 dose escalation study of BDC-1001 at the upcoming European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2023, being held in...
BPGbio, an AI-powered biopharma that focuses on oncology, neurology, and rare diseases, is advancing its pancreatic cancer drug BPM 31510 IV after a positive phase 1 and 2a study.
Mount Sinai investigators have developed a new approach for treating invasive bladder cancer without the need for surgical removal of the bladder, according to a study published in Nature Medicine in September.
A new treatment for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) from Shanghai-based Henlius Biotech has been approved by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA).
Cancer immunotherapy, more commonly known as immuno-oncology, continues to gather momentum. As a rapidly evolving field, ongoing research and advancements are coming together to expand the number of available treatments, many of which are showing incredible...
GEDiCube is joining NVIDIA Inception, a program which guides start-ups by providing access to cutting-edge technology, technical resources, and venture capitalists.
The FDA recently granted approval for Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) Akeega, a novel first-in-class combination tablet treatment for adults with breast cancer gene (BRCA)-positive, metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).
Actimed Therapeutics Ltd will put some of its additional funding of £4.75 million ($6 million) towards its attempt to provide the world’s first cure for cancer cachexia.
Talus Bioscience, a drug discovery company developing new treatments for cancer, inflammation, and other diseases, has announced $4.3 million in non-dilutive grant funding across three new awards.
MEI Pharma has dosed the first patient in its phase 1 study evaluating ME-344 in combination with bevacizumab (AVASTIN) in patients with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer.
Genprex has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation (ODD) to its lead candidate, Reqorsa immunogene therapy (quaratusugene ozeplasmid), for the treatment of small cell lung cancer (SCLC).
NK:IO, a leader in natural killer (NK) cell biology applied to the development of potent, off-the-shelf cell therapies targeting solid tumors, has raised £1.2m.
Renaissance Pharma, a company focused on the development of life changing therapies in pediatric rare disease, has entered into an exclusive license agreement with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for Hu14.18, a humanised antibody in development...
Epsilogen, a leader in the development of immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies to treat cancer, has published phase 1 data from the first ever clinical trial of an IgE antibody therapeutic in Nature Communications.
IO Biotech, a clinical-stage biopharma company developing novel, immune-modulating cancer vaccines based on its T-win technology platform, has dosed the first patient in its phase 1 bladder cancer trial.
Boston-based pharma company Ratio Therapeutics has initiated dosing in a phase 1 study evaluating the pharmacokinetics, biodistribution and radiation dosimetry of a novel fibroblast activation protein-alpha (FAP)-targeted radiopharmaceutical, RTX-1363S,...
ImmunoGen, a biotech company focused on the development of antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) technology to treat cancer, has announced a multi-target license and option agreement to research novel, first-in-class ADCs with ImmunoBiochem, a biopharma firm...
MaaT Pharma, a clinical-stage biotech company focused on the development of Microbiome Ecosystem Therapies (MET) dedicated to improving survival outcomes for patients with cancer, is now a member of Microbiome Therapeutics Innovation Group (MTIG).
Twist Bioscience, a biotech company manufacturing synthetic DNA, and Cancer Research Horizons, the innovation engine at the core of Cancer Research UK, have announced an agreement under which Cancer Research Horizons will license the entire Twist Biopharma...
Crossbow Therapeutics, a biotech company developing a novel class of potent and precise antibody therapies to treat a broad range of cancers, has announced a $80 million Series A funding round.
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.
