
Scholar Rock’s quest for a better TGF-β drug
Biomarkers and precise targeting could help the anti-TGF-β1 antibody SRK-181 succeed where bintrafusp failed, the group hopes.

Biopharma’s stock market winners of 2021 revealed
Lilly pips Pfizer to the big pharma top spot on share price performance, while Covid-19 drives the largest risers elsewhere.

The quest for efficacy in pancreatic cancer
Late-stage therapies from Fibrogen, Tyme and Novartis need to avoid the same pitfalls as Erytech and Rafael.

Treme climbs a new mountain
Astrazeneca’s Himalaya study is a surprising hit in first-line liver cancer, but competition is already present.

Biopharma’s stock market winners and losers so far this year
Moderna is the standout gainer, but the stragglers are becoming more apparent as the pandemic tide retreats.

World Lung 2021 preview – China challenges and tremelimumab rises
The first of 2021’s eight remaining oncology meetings kicks off next week. Here’s what to look out for.

Cytokine interest shows no sign of waning
Despite unconvincing results so far with next-gen IL-2 agents, plenty of groups are still crowding into this space.

The search for a better Faslodex continues
Selective oestrogen degraders, or Serds, remain in focus as a key period for reporting clinical data approaches.