pharmaphorum

AUGUST 25, 2022

Johnson & Johnson has its first worldwide regulatory approval – in the EU – for Tecvayli, one of two much-anticipated bispecific antibodies the drugmaker has developed for patients with multiple myeloma. Tecvayli previously scored a priority medicines (PRiME) designation from the EMA and a breakthrough-therapy tag from the FDA.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 25, 2022

Tecvayli (teclistamab) is an off-the-shelf bispecific antibody targeting both BCMA and CD3 which is also under review at the FDA and if approved will slot into J&J’s myeloma therapy portfolio alongside Darzalex (daratumumab) – an antibody directed at CD38 – and BCMA-targeted CAR-T therapy Carvykti (ciltacabtagene autoleucel).

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 2, 2023

IO agents include the classes of immune checkpoint modulators, cell therapies, bispecific antibodies, oncolytic viruses, therapeutic vaccines, and cytokines. Marketed bispecific antibodies are largely bispecific T-cell engagers (BiTEs), which work by directing T-cells to antigen-expressing tumour cells.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

million price tag. Both factor VIII prophylactics and Roche’s bispecific antibody Hemlibra that are used for haemophilia A patients are expensive, and so a gene therapy could save money, says Dr. David Rind, chief medical officer (CMO) of ICER. The post Can gene therapies for haemophilia defend their high price tags?

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 5, 2022

The therapy is a bispecific T cell engager (BiTE) molecule, consisting of a soluble TCR targeting gp100 expressed on cancer cells fused to a protein that binds CD3 receptors on lymphocytes. It’s the first treatment for mUM in the EU, as well as the first BiTE drug to treat a solid tumour.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 27, 2022

Both CAR-Ts are directed at BCMA, a biomarker for multiple myeloma also targeted by GlaxoSmithKline’s approved antibody-drug conjugate Blenrep (belantamab mafodotin) and J&J’s experimental bispecific antibody teclistamab, which was submitted for approval in Europe last month.

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Roots Analysis

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

These molecules can be conjugated with various modalities, such as haptens, enzymes, isotopes, fluorescent tags, carrier proteins, polymers, particle conjugates and photoreactive molecules. Bioconjugation is a subset of conjugation where one of the entity is a biomolecule, such as protein or an antibody.

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