Data from the company’s lead fibrosis asset called RXC700 has highlighted multiple opportunities for patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and triple negative breast cancer (TNBC).
TILT Biotherapeutics, a Finnish company developing cancer immunotherapies, reported the final close of its €22m (US$23.8m) round, which was led by Finland’s Lifeline Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm.
The latest results in an ongoing study are a ‘step forward’ for one of 4D Pharma’s live biotherapeutics (LBPs). The findings underscore the increasing importance of the microbiome in cancer treatment, says the chief executive.
EverImmune, a biotech based near Paris, and specialized in the development of live biotherapeutic products in the field of microbiota oncology, has raised €5m (US$5.7m) in a Series A funding round from undisclosed private investors.
M Ventures, the strategic, corporate venture capital arm of Merck KGgA, continues to fund iOmx Therapeutics AG, a company developing cancer therapeutics based on next generation immune checkpoint targets.
Sorrento Technologies, a biotech firm developing novel treatments for COVID-19 and aggressive cancers such as melanoma, has received FDA clearance to start a research collaboration together with Mayo Clinic.
A couple of new developments to report in relation to Merck, known as MSD outside the US and Canada: the first being the rejection by the US FDA of the company’s application to use its anti-PD-1 therapy, Keytruda, in certain breast cancer patients.
AstraZeneca is voluntarily withdrawing the use of its cancer drug, Imfinzi, to treat advanced bladder cancer in the US after it did not meet post-approval requirements.