Biologic Drugs in Development

Through the acquisition of Harpoon Therapeutics, Merck will gain an investigational delta-like ligand 3-targeting T-cell engager under development for cancer treatment.

In a deal worth up to $1.4 billion, GSK aims to acquire Aiolos Bio and gain an expanded pipeline of biologic-based respiratory therapeutic candidates.

MediWound has been granted an additional $6.7 million by the DoD to advance NexoBrid as a non-surgical field care solution for the US military.

Under the collaboration, Boehringer Ingelheim and Ribo will develop RNA-based therapeutics to treat NASH/MASH.

AstraZeneca’s acquisition of Gracell includes a clinical-stage autologous cell therapy targeting hematologic malignancies and autoimmune diseases and a proprietary manufacturing platform.

The success of mRNA-based vaccines paves the way for mRNA in oncology and beyond.

Bristol Myers Squibb and SystImmune plan to co-develop and co-commercialize lead ADC candidate for cancer treatment in US.

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Under this multi-year collaboration, Genentech and NVIDIA will use AI to optimize and accelerate each company’s platforms to discover and develop innovative therapeutics.

In part two of an interview with Thomas Langenickel, MD, chief medical officer at Ethris, Langenickel highlights the challenges in developing mRNA therapeutics for pulmonary diseases.

Andy Geall, co-founder and chief development officer at Replicate Bioscience continues the discussion on the development history of mRNA therapeutics.

Novartis and Legend Biotech seek to advance certain CAR-T cell therapy candidates targeting Delta-like ligand protein 3.

A discussion with Thomas Langenickel, MD, chief medical officer at Ethris, shines a light on how advances made with mRNA technology are also advancing the industry’s ability to focus on treatment of rare diseases, such as rare lung diseases.

Matthew Lauber, senior director—Cell and Gene Therapy, Consumables & Lab Automation, at Waters Corporation highlights how current technologies are enabling oligonucleotide development.

Matthew Lauber, senior director—Cell and Gene Therapy, Consumables & Lab Automation, at Waters Corporation, considers that status of oligonucleotides on the market.

Innovative strategies and good partnerships are means by which developers can overcome the unique challenges in biologics formulation.

Matthew Lauber, senior director—Cell and Gene Therapy, Consumables & Lab Automation, at Waters Corporation discusses the analytical and downstream purification challenges of oligonucleotides.

The Alliance for mRNA Medicines (AMM) was officially launched at the 11th International mRNA Health Conference in Berlin, Germany.

Spark Therapeutics and SpliceBio have formed a collaboration to develop a gene therapy that can treat an inherited retinal disease.

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has partnered with Forge Biologics, which will manufacture AAVs to help accelerate gene therapy programs in California.

Under an expanded agreement, Cellares will provide proof-of-concept manufacturing for a second CAR-T cell therapy from Bristol Myers Squibb.

Salipro Biotech and Icosagen have entered into a multi-target collaboration to discover and characterize monoclonal antibodies.

Roche will gain exclusive worldwide rights to develop, manufacture, and commercialize Ionis’ investigational RNA-based therapeutic candidates for Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease.

New routes to cancer treatment can be found with the help of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapies.

Eli Lilly and Company has received a complete response letter from FDA for its anti-dermatitis biologic therapeutic, lebrikizumab.

The program will allow sponsors of certain CBER and/or CDER-regulated products more frequent communication with FDA staff.

Biologics formulation comes with a unique set of challenges, which can be overcome through innovative strategies and good partnerships.

Tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapies offer a new route to target cancer.

The EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has given a positive opinion on Sandoz’ biosimilar trastuzumab for breast and gastric cancer.

Despite the successes that have already been achieved with emerging therapy development and manufacturing, companies are still facing numerous challenges.