Roche, Adaptimmune part ways on cell therapy research
GSK is paying Adaptimmune £30 million ($37.3 million) to wipe its hands of two programs, one of which includes lete-cel, an asset the U.K. pharma at one point touted as its leading cell therapy.
Adaptimmune and TCR² Therapeutics Announce Strategic Combination to Create a Preeminent Cell Therapy Company for Solid Tumors
What do TCR² Therapeutics and Adaptimmune have in common? They’re both T-cell-focused drug developers that have been shedding staff in recent weeks to stay afloat. Now, they’re combining into one company in the latest example of a growing trend for biotech-on-biotech mergers.
At the beginning of August, preparations for Adaptimmune’s allogeneic MAGE-A4 program seemed to be near the finish line, with the company’s UK manufacturing facility almost done. The plan at the time was for the cell therapy to be ready for trial applications by next year.
GSK has axed its NY-ESO-1 T-cell receptor (TCR) pact with Lyell Immunopharma, with the Big Pharma transferring the program to Adaptimmune. It means that months after stopping enrollment in a study of its first-generation NY-ESO-1 candidate, GSK has walked away from a $1 billion-plus pact with Lyell that could have delivered enhanced successors.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Oxford, United Kingdom--(Newsfile Corp. - September 9, 2022) - Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ: ADAP), a leader in cell therapy to treat cancer, today announces positive data from its signal-finding Phase 1 SURPASS trial. The data will be presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2022 Congress by SURPASS investigator, David Hong, M.D., of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. In conjunction with ESMO 2022, Adaptimmune will provide an update on the SURPASS Phase 1 data and outline future plans for its SURPASS family of trials, during a live virtual event to be held at 8 a.m. EDT today (details to join below).
As the cell therapy biotech Adaptimmune has been eager to present data to progress with the FDA, the company hopes that its latest showing at ESMO will begin to impress regulators and investors.
PHILADELPHIA and OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom, May 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc (Nasdaq:ADAP), a leader in T-cell therapy to treat cancer, today announces the appointment...