by Jakub Jarolím, Business Intelligence Department
SOTIO Biotech
5/4/2024
by Jakub Jarolím, Business Intelligence Department
Market
Biotechnology companies raised around $11 billion in follow-on stock offerings in first quarter of 2024, which is the highest quarterly total in three years. This is a recovery sign after period of downturns that caused numerous companies to restructure – in 2023, more than 120 public biotechs laid off staff.
Interleukin-15 and Interleukin-2
Medicenna announced that two posters will be presented at AACR Annual Meeting 2024. The company will present an update from its Phase 1/2 ABILITY-1 Study including anti-tumor activity, safety, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic data following treatment with MDNA11, the only long-acting, ‘beta-enhanced not-alpha’ IL-2 super-agonist in clinical development. In addition, pre-clinical data for MDNA113, a novel first-in-class tumor-targeted and tumor-activated bi-functional anti-PD1-IL-2 Superkine, will also be presented at the conference.
Antibody-Drug Conjugates
Pfizer announced that a Phase 3 study of the ADC Adcetris in combination with lenalidomide and rituximab for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory DLBCL showed a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in OS compared to lenalidomide and rituximab plus placebo.
Cell Therapies
BMS announced that FDA has granted accelerated approval of Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel; liso-cel), a CD19-directed CAR-T cell therapy, for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) who have received at least two prior lines of therapy, including a BTK inhibitor and a BCL-2 inhibitor. This indication is approved under accelerated approval based on response rate and duration of response.
Other Innovative Treatment Areas
Regeneron announced that FDA has issued Complete Response Letters for the BLA for odronextamab in relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma and in R/R DLBCL, each after two or more lines of systemic therapy.
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