Can TCR bispecifics unlock prostate cancer immunotherapy? Why Pfizer is backing Flagship and Repertoire

Can TCR bispecifics unlock prostate cancer immunotherapy? Why Pfizer is backing Flagship and Repertoire

Flagship Pioneering has launched a new research program with Pfizer through its portfolio company Repertoire Immune Medicines, focused on the development of T cell receptor (TCR) bispecifics for metastatic prostate cancer. This marks the eighth initiative under the broader Flagship–Pfizer strategic alliance. The program will harness Repertoire’s DECODE platform to map immune synapse interactions and […]

EMA backs ANKTIVA for bladder cancer: What it means for EU patients and future immunotherapies

EMA backs ANKTIVA for bladder cancer: What it means for EU patients and future immunotherapies

ImmunityBio Inc. has received a positive recommendation from the European Medicines Agency for conditional marketing authorization of its immunotherapy ANKTIVA (nogapendekin alfa inbakicept) in combination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin for the treatment of BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer carcinoma in situ. The recommendation positions ANKTIVA as the first immunotherapy in the European Union for this indication, […]

Can Diakonos Oncology’s DOC1021 reawaken immune response in refractory melanoma?

Can Diakonos Oncology’s DOC1021 reawaken immune response in refractory melanoma?

Diakonos Oncology Corporation has received over $7 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to initiate a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of its double-loaded dendritic cell therapy, DOC1021, in patients with refractory melanoma. The grant places the investigational therapy into its third solid tumor indication and signals rising institutional interest in immune-based […]

Can next-gen immunotherapy combos finally crack the code in metastatic breast cancer?

Can next-gen immunotherapy combos finally crack the code in metastatic breast cancer?

The landscape of metastatic breast cancer treatment is facing a fundamental rethink, with the oncology field laser-focused on one of its greatest clinical challenges: how to break immune resistance and stop metastatic spread. Despite a wave of checkpoint inhibitor approvals and initial enthusiasm, progress in metastatic breast cancer—especially for subtypes like triple-negative and HER2-positive disease—has […]