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Successful financing ensures development of Adcendo’s ADC asset 

Drug Discovery World

Michael Pehl, Chief Executive Officer of Adcendo, said: “2022 was a pivotal year for Adcendo with the expansion of our team, uPARAP ADC Development Candidate Nomination and the recent linker/payload license agreement with Duality Biologics.

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Pfizer launches Phase III trial for Lyme disease vaccine  

Drug Discovery World

VLA15 is the only Lyme disease vaccine candidate currently in clinical development. If the Phase III trial is successful, Pfizer aims to submit a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in 2025. .

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Six collaborations driving drug discovery innovation

Drug Discovery World

For an additional $28 million, Lantheus has obtained an option to exclusively license Perspective’s neuroendocrine tumours treatment Pb212-VMT-⍺-NET, or to co-develop certain early stage therapeutic candidates targeting prostate cancer. of Perspective’s shares for up to $33 million.

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Three trends in the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) market 

Drug Discovery World

The study forecast growth to 2022 and presented an in-depth strategic assessment of the antibody-drug conjugates, highlighting a number of influencing factors impacting or reinforcing market environment, including government policy, technological changes, and market drivers 4.

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How to get the biopharma deal you want

Drug Discovery World

For biotechs, partnerships with pharmas provide a source of income, useful technical knowledge, and a path to progress programs into the later stages of clinical development and commercialisation, the latter of which the biotech is unlikely to be able to do on its own.

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International Women’s Day: Female life science leaders

Drug Discovery World

In its ‘Women in Business 2022’ report, Grant Thornton reported that at 39%, the healthcare industry had the highest proportion of women in senior management out of the 15 industries surveyed. She has also been awarded the 2022 Liverpool Women In Business, Woman of the year Award.

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Merck and Moderna to jointly develop personalised cancer vaccine 

Drug Discovery World

Merck has exercised its option to jointly develop and commercialise personalised cancer vaccine (PCV) mRNA-4157/V940 pursuant to the terms of its existing collaboration and license agreement with Moderna. . The Phase II trial is fully enrolled and primary data are expected in the fourth quarter of 2022. . “We

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