Gilead Sciences is partnering with Tentarix Biotherapeutics, a startup developing multifunctional antibody drugs that it calls "Tentacles." Tentarix’s technology offers the potential to selectively address targets in cancer and inflammation.
Arcellx attributes the death to limitations of the treatments that patients receive while their cell therapies are being manufactured. The company is working to expand these so-called bridging therapy options for patients.
In a landscape where complexity has long been the norm, the power of one lies not just in unification, but in intelligence and automation.
Gilead Sciences drug Trodelvy is now approved for treating patients whose breast cancer is classified as HR positive and HER2 negative, expanding use of the drug to a much wider group of patients. In other regulatory approval news, use of a Takeda Pharmaceutical rare disease drug has expanded to younger children.
Cell therapy offers a treatment option for some advanced blood cancers, but the manufacturing process is lengthy and complex. The biopharmaceutical industry is working on various technologies that could make manufacturing faster and more efficient, or perhaps supplant the current process altogether.
Gilead Sciences is building up its autoimmune disease drug pipeline by turning to EVOQ Therapeutics, a startup with technology that takes a novel approach to restoring immune tolerance. For EVOQ, the Gilead deal is its second with a big pharma company.
Kite, the cell therapy unit of Gilead Sciences, is adding more tools to its cell therapy toolbox with the acquisition of Tmunity Therapeutics. It’s the company’s second cell therapy deal this month, following a partnership announced with clinical-stage Arcellx.
Greenway Health blends smart technology with human expertise to elevate revenue cycle.
In partnering with clinical-stage Arcellx, Gilead Sciences gains the opportunity to develop a cell therapy for multiple myeloma that could offer advantages over currently available therapies for the blood cancer. The deal announced Friday came as Arcellx reported additional data during the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology that showed continued durability of the cell therapy.
Gilead Sciences is betting that a MacroGenics antibody drug for blood cancers can offer a safety edge over others that address the same target. It’s the second partnership between the two companies; an alliance that began in 2013 expired without Gilead licensing any molecules from the deal.
Gilead Sciences is a leader in the field of virology treatments. As VP of clinical research for hepatitis, respiratory and emerging viruses at Gilead, Anu Osinusi talked about the pharma company's work in HIV and hepatitis and how her personal background informed her team's work in developing a Covid-19 treatment.
European marketing authorization of the Gilead Sciences drug, Sunlenca, provides a twice-yearly treatment option for HIV patients whose virus has become resistant to multiple therapies. An FDA decision for drug is expected in December.
Across the nation, state-based health insurance exchanges are searching for ways to better serve their communities while making enrollment easier, more personal, and more accessible for everyone.
Gilead Sciences said it has statistically significant and clinically meaningful data from a pivotal test of its cancer drug, Trodelvy, in the most common type of breast cancer. While detailed data remain undisclosed, the company said it has filed a submission with the FDA seeking to expand the drug’s approval to include this larger group of breast cancer patients.
The new FDA approval for Breyanzi moves the Bristol Myers Squibb cancer cell therapy into an earlier line of treatment for an aggressive type of blood cancer. The decision also gives the pharmaceutical giant access to an additional pool of patients untapped by a rival cell therapy from Gilead Sciences.
Breast cancer drugs and cell therapies were prominent in this year’s annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Here’s a recap of some of the news highlights from the biggest cancer conference of the year.
Gilead Sciences has more detail about breast cancer drug Trodelvy, a blockbuster hopeful it acquired two years ago. Additional data from a pivotal study were presented during the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and they still leave many questions unanswered.
An FDA safety review has cleared Gilead Sciences to resume five clinical trials that were placed under a partial hold in January. The experimental Gilead drug, magrolimab, is part of a class of cancer immunotherapies that address a hot target for the field.