No fast way to eighth place for Incyte
Retifanlimab gets knocked back by a US adcom. Could a rival now beat it to become the eighth anti-PD-(L)1 to reach the US market?
EQRX vows to slash drug prices where others have failed
Promises to act on pharma’s financial toxicity increasingly seem to lack bite, but EQRX promises to follow its words with real action.
Biotech’s balancing act amid Covid-19 delays
A Vantage analysis suggests which small biotechs might seriously have to rethink R&D spending plans in the wake of Covid-19.
Takeda casts doubt on the remaining approach to amyloidosis
After last year’s flop of Prothena’s NEOD001, Takeda’s Ninlaro fails to treat the underlying cause of the non-genetic form of this disease.
Mustang and the bubble boy bubble
The value of Mustang Bio has tripled on data on its immune deficiency gene therapy. But investors might be too keen – and also too late.
China’s blueprint for a checkpoint blocker price war
A price war over anti-PD-(L)1 drugs is raging in China, less than a year after the first one was approved. When could the US see something similar?
