
Late-stage pain pipeline refuses to swell
Setbacks from Eliem, Ampio and Acadia thin an already sparse pain pipeline, which remains lacking in serious interest from big developers.

Roche has a rare breast cancer setback
Giredestrant fails, but the group hopes for better luck in earlier therapy lines.

First-quarter biotech risers work hard for the win
Amid a difficult start to the year for the drug development sector, Abbvie, Bayer, Ipsen and Lantheus stand out as stock market gainers.

AACR 2022 – A weekend of updates yields few winners
The dour biotech market sees little to be impressed about in updates from Bicycle, Rubius, C4 and Zentalis, though well-received data gives Affimed a boost.

Roche’s Tigit fail poses a big question for Merck
Roche just showed that adding Tigit to PD-(L)1 blockade is a non-starter in SCLC, and now Merck & Co risks doing the same.