Today's Rundown Pfizer kills off MacroGenics-partnered solid tumor bispecific Mirati clears first clinical hurdle in KRAS race against Amgen This year’s Fierce 15 winners on IPO trends and the decade ahead [Sponsored] RenMab™ Mouse: a leading platform for fully human antibody generation Trials of Novartis' Dupixent rival bet scrapped by MorphoSys, Galapagos Disc Medicine nabs cash, big backers and biopharma drug deal Shutting down cancer cell 'highways' by blocking a protein AstraZeneca, on BMS' heels, scores lung cancer win with Imfinzi combos Featured Story | | | Tuesday, October 29, 2019 Pfizer has dumped a bispecific antibody developed through its collaboration with MacroGenics. The solid tumor drug was the first partner-developed program based on MacroGenics' bispecific platform to enter the clinic but it has fallen before clearing phase 1. |
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Top Stories Tuesday, October 29, 2019 Mirati Therapeutics’ KRAS G12C inhibitor MRTX849 has cleared its first clinical hurdle. The startup posted initial clinical data that suggest MRTX849 can hold its own against Amgen’s rival cancer drug, although the small numbers of patients treated to date make it impossible to draw firm conclusions. Tuesday, October 29, 2019 The public markets have been receptive to early-stage companies, but will the IPO remain open for these young companies? Or is it a bubble set to burst? We asked some of our 2019 Fierce 15 winners at this year’s awards reception what they thought and whether they would follow suit with a speedy IPO. Monday, October 28, 2019 Biocytogen uses chromosome engineering for the in situ replacement of mouse antibody genes with the human counterparts, authentic position within the chromosome. Tuesday, October 29, 2019 MorphoSys and Galapagos are cutting off development of their Novartis-backed drug MOR106 in atopic dermatitis. Tuesday, October 29, 2019 Not a bad day’s work for Atlas-seeded startup Disc Medicine: It’s managed a healthy $50 million series A, led by Novo Nordisk’s VC arm, gained a new executive chair from Nimbus and nabbed a deal with AbbVie. Tuesday, October 29, 2019 Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have identified a key mechanism that controls how cancer cells degrade their surrounding scaffolds to migrate to other locations. Targeting the process could with drugs could stop cancer from spreading, they argue. Monday, October 28, 2019 After a few long years of watching from the sidelines as its rivals dove into immuno-oncology’s most coveted market, AstraZeneca finally has a study win in previously untreated non-small cell lung cancer. Monday, the British drugmaker said a combination of Imfinzi, CTLA4 candidate tremelimumab and chemo outperformed solo chemo at keeping patients’ cancer from progressing. | | QUALITY. SPEED. VALUE.
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