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ArgoBio and Oncode Institute | February 08, 2022

ArgoBio and Oncode Institute have teamed up with Oncode Investigator Madelon Maurice, researcher and group leader at UMC Utrecht, to launch Laigo Bio, a new company in the emerging field of target protein degradation. The company has additionally secured funding from Oncode Bridge Fund and ArgoBio to further develop its proprietary pipeline of targeted immunotherapies SureTACsR. The SureTACsR technology platform is a novel approach in membrane protein degradation, applicable to a broad scope of ...

Industrial Impact

Leap Therapeutics, Inc. | February 01, 2022

Leica Biosystems, a cancer diagnostics company, has entered into an agreement with Leap Therapeutics, a biotechnology company, to develop a companion diagnostic to detect Dickkopf-related protein 1. The assay will be used to support clinical development of Leap Therapeutics' anti-DKK1 cancer therapy, DKN-01, currently being studied in clinical trials. DKK1 is a protein often implicated in cancer, enabling tumor cells to suppress the immune system and lead to unregulated growth...

Medical, Industry Outlook

Businesswire | May 11, 2023

Bayer and Bicycle Therapeutics plc a biotechnology company pioneering a new and differentiated class of therapeutics by utilizing proprietary bicyclic peptides technology (Bicycle®), announced that they have entered into a strategic collaboration agreement to discover, develop, manufacture, and commercialize Bicycle radioconjugates for multiple agreed upon oncology targets. Bicyclic peptides are peptides consisting of 9-20 amino acids that can be synthetically manufactured a...

BioSpace | February 20, 2020

Bladder cancer drug Padcev, which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in December, secured Breakthrough Therapy designation for the treatment of patients with another type of bladder cancer. Seattle Genetics and Astellas Pharma, the co-developers of Padcev (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv) said the new designation was awarded to the bladder cancer drug in combination with Merck’s checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda for the treatment of patients with unresectable locally advanced or met...