
Biotech’s key fourth-quarter data
Deciphera, Allakos and Uniqure are all set for important data disclosures.

Fortunes diverge for solo drug launchers
A solo drug launch is a testing time for a small company, made even tougher by the pandemic.

US FDA approval tracker: several early decisions in May
Last month the FDA greenlit four oncology approvals early and the first GnRH antagonist in uterine fibroids.

Blueprint’s voyage ends in disaster
The failure of a crucial pivotal study consigns Blueprint’s lead drug, Ayvakit, to a tiny niche.

Blueprint beats Deciphera to the punch
In the battle between two Kit/PDGFRα kinase inhibitors first blood goes to Blueprint’s avapritinib.

Esmo 2019 preview – Parps on parade
Among small-molecule approaches Europe’s premier oncology conference gives star billing to three Parp inhibitors in ovarian cancer.