
Esmo 2021 – Astra coasts towards a new lung cancer combo
Two new immuno-oncology mechanisms post encouraging data, giving a boost to small developers including Innate and Corvus.

The big Covid-19 trials still to report
New findings for IL-6 blockade in the Recovery trial finally confirm a signal. Can pending pandemic readouts for other mechanisms do the same?

Roche move endorses Iteos’s Tigit widget
A private Belgian biotech reckons Tigit is the new PD-1, a view Roche’s progress could validate.

Upcoming events – key tests approach for Kadmon and Surface
Kadmon awaits key graft-versus-host disease data, and Surface Oncology's change of tack comes under the spotlight.

SITC 2019 preview – Nextcure’s time to shine
The biotech calendar’s next key conference gets under way in a month, and a presentation by Nextcure will be a focus for some investors.