
Checking out Checkpoint
Checkpoint Therapeutics’ cosibelimab could become the ninth PD-(L)1 drug to reach the US market, but who will be around to launch it?

Spotlight – following Humira in hidradenitis suppurativa
Immune agents old and new are trying to make a splash in what could turn into a billion-dollar market.

Biotech heads towards big catalysts
The second quarter promises big data reveals for Fibrogen, Travere, Argenx and Bavarian Nordic.

Go or no go? Vaccines and neurology up for discussion
FDA panels loom for GSK and Biogen, with approval decisions due for Acadia and Biomarin.

After 33 years Geron could have an approved drug
Imetelstat survives a US clinical hold and a terminated alliance with J&J to score in its pivotal Imerge study.

Merck opens its mind to epigenetics with Imago buy
The purchase sets up another showdown with the group’s old rival, Bristol Myers Squibb, in LSD1 inhibition.