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Pharma & Biotech

Gilead is betting nearly $1.9bn on masked cancer drugs. What makes Vir’s technology different?

Vir Biotechnology and Gilead Sciences have agreed to develop three dual-masked T-cell engager programmes under a deal worth up to approximately $1.88 billion. The $90 million upfront package includes cash and equity, while most of the headline value depends on future development and commercial milestones.

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Features & Analysis

Why neoantigen cancer vaccines are not conventional vaccines and cannot be mass-produced the same way

Personalized neoantigen vaccines turn mutations from an individual patient’s tumor into a custom immunotherapy, requiring sequencing, computational prediction and manufacturing to occur within the treatment window.

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Pharma & Biotech

Can AI help Biomunex find better bispecific antibody targets in cancer?

AI may speed cancer drug discovery, but Biomunex’s bigger test is whether smarter target pairing can translate into stronger immunotherapies.

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Pharma & Biotech

ImmunityBio ISPOR data show why NMIBC treatment choices are becoming harder to standardize

Bladder cancer care is shifting from survival alone to treatment trade-offs. ImmunityBio’s NMIBC survey shows why preference now matters.

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Pharma & Biotech

Ankyra Therapeutics targets a bigger immunotherapy problem with anchored monoclonal antibodies

Cancer antibodies can be powerful but toxic. Ankyra’s anchored platform asks whether local retention can widen immunotherapy’s safety window.

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Pharma & Biotech

How NEU-002 could reshape Onchilles Pharma’s systemic solid tumor strategy after AACR 2026

Onchilles Pharma’s NEU-002 showed systemic anti-tumor activity at AACR 2026. Read what the preclinical data could mean for solid tumor development.

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Pharma & Biotech

Why Anixa Biosciences’ Phase 2 breast cancer vaccine push matters more than the manufacturing deal itself

Anixa Biosciences is advancing its breast cancer vaccine toward Phase 2 after positive Phase 1 data. Read what this means for oncology watchers.

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Pharma & Biotech

Why the TACTI-004 Phase III outcome challenges assumptions about LAG-3 immune activation

Immutep Limited halts its TACTI-004 lung cancer trial after a futility analysis. Discover what the setback means for eftilagimod alfa and LAG-3 immunotherapy.

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Pharma & Biotech

Taiwan biotech Great Novel Therapeutics launches Phase I trial for GNTbm-38 cancer therapy

Great Novel Therapeutics launches Phase I trial of GNTbm-38 after FDA IND approval. Discover what this epigenetic cancer immunotherapy could change.

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Pharma & Biotech

What the Akeso–INOVIO immunotherapy collaboration signals for the future of glioblastoma clinical research

Akeso and INOVIO test cadonilimab plus INO-5412 in the INSIGhT glioblastoma trial. Explore what this immunotherapy strategy could mean for GBM research.

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