Cancer immunotherapy

Women may have a stronger immune response to a common form of skin cancer than men, according to early research on mice and human cells. Led by University of Manchester scientists at the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, the team publish their findings in Clinical Cancer Research. Men have more skin squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) […]

A new collaboration between Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and University of Rochester’s Wilmot Cancer Institute will help oncologists learn whether black and white cancer patients respond differently to immunotherapy treatment and seeks to improve the safety and effectiveness of these newer drugs in diverse populations. Funded by a two-year, $2.08 million grant from the […]

Bicara Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing dual-action biologics designed to spur a potent and durable immune response in the tumour microenvironment, launched with a US$40 million investment from Biocon. The financing will be used to advance a pipeline of first-in-class bifunctional antibodies developed by a global team, including a biologics engineering team in Bangalore, […]

Pathios, a biotech company focused on the development of first-in-class therapies for cancer, announced that it has been awarded £350K in the form of a Smart Grant from Innovate UK. The UK government innovation agency’s money will accelerate Pathios’ cancer immunotherapy programme which targets the innate immune checkpoint, GPR65. Pathios will collaborate on this project […]

Samsung Biologics has obtained Investigational New Drug (IND) clearance from the FDA for its client to begin clinical trials on a cancer immunotherapy. In late 2018, National OncoVenture (NOV), a government-funded virtual oncology drug development program in Korea, approached Samsung Biologics for the development of EU101(NOV1801), an anti-4-1BB therapeutic monoclonal antibody provided by Eutilex (KOSDAQ:263050). […]