Here's a round up of Vantage's coverage of the 2020 European Society for Medical Oncology congress.
September 24
Esmo 2020 movers – antibody drug conjugates dominate the news flow
Notable progress with antibody-drug conjugates from Seattle Genetics and Immunomedics drove the biggest Esmo share price moves.
September 23
J&J goes for broke with lung cancer bispecific
The company’s EGFR and cMet targeted bispecific has generated early but encouraging signals in lung cancer – however, J&J faces stiff competition.
Can Alkermes succeed where Nektar failed?
Early signs suggest that Alkermes might have found a therapeutic window with its IL-2-targeting agent, ALKS 4230.
September 22
More encouraging signs for checkpoint bispecifics
Promising but early data on PD-1 x CTLA-4 bispecifics from Macrogenics and Akeso add further weight to this approach.
September 21
Double win complicates the gastric cancer picture
Bristol Myers Squibb and Merck & Co hail front-line successes, but histology and biomarker status will remain live issues for doctors.
Some backing for Beigene’s unusual combo approach
The company is one of very few to have studied combining PD-1 and PD-L1 blockade, an approach still in need of scientific validation.
Modest early activity for a Jounce competitor
Europeans unimpressed with Lynparza's prostate performance
September 20
Lilly’s latecomer scores in early breast cancer
Verzenio looks set to move into a valuable adjuvant setting as Pfizer’s miss with Ibrance is laid bare.
A long-awaited update from Amgen’s Kras inhibitor shows waning single-agent efficacy – a situation apparently pre-empted by Mirati.
Pfizer's next-gen lung cancer drug impresses
September 19
Agenus sees light at the end of the tunnel at last
A benefit for balstilimab in cervical cancer irrespective of PD-L1 expression gives Agenus a shot at US approval.
Opdivo and Cabometyx are back in the game
Full data from the Checkmate-9ER trial suggest a new combo to match Merck & Co’s Keytruda plus Inlyta in first-line renal cancer.
September 18
A miss for Roche’s Akt inhibitor in advanced breast cancer leaves questions over population and combination.
Mediola makes a case for triplet therapy in ovarian cancer
Private group claims early but impressive pancreatic win
September 17
Mersana holds steady in ovarian cancer
Expectations grow with more data on XMT-1536, but durability is still a key question.
September 11
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