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Agenus Completes Strategic Collaboration with Zydus Lifesciences of ~$141M to Advance BOT+BAL Development & Expand US Manufacturing

Shots: Agenus has completed its strategic collaboration with Zydus Lifesciences to accelerate global development and potential commercialization of the BOT+BAL immunotherapy program As per the deal, Zydus gave $75M upfront payment to Agenus for US biologics manufacturing facilities, and Agenus is also eligible for Contingent Milestone Payments ~$50M in production-linked milestones. Zydus acquired common stock…
January 16, 2026

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Shanghai Henlius Receives the US FDA IND Clearance for HLX18 (Biosimilar, Opdivo)  

Shots:  The US FDA has granted IND clearance to HLX18 (nivolumab), a biosimilar version of Opdivo, for the treatment of certain resected solid tumors   Novolumab is an mAb targeting PD-1 to enhance anti-tumor immune responses and is approved worldwide for cancers, including melanoma, mesothelioma, head and neck, and urothelial carcinoma   HLX17 (pembrolizumab biosimilar) and HLX13 (ipilimumab biosimilar) have entered worldwide multicenter P-I…
December 19, 2025

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Evorpacept’s Momentum in HER2+ Gastric Cancer: A Conversation with Jason Lettmann from ALX Oncology 

Shots:  Evorpacept emerges as the only CD47-blocking therapy with strong clinical activity and a highly manageable safety profile, thanks to its unique inactive Fc design that enables targeted tumor destruction while sparing healthy cells  Updated ASPEN-06 data highlights CD47 overexpression as a powerful predictive biomarker, showing dramatic improvements in ORR, DOR, PFS, and OS for patients with…
December 3, 2025

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Spice Biotechnologies Partners with AbTherx to Discover Antibodies in Immuno-Oncology

Shots: AbTherx has entered into a multi-program antibody discovery partnership with Spice Biotechnologies to identify antibodies against targets selected by Spice Bio, using AbTherx’s Atlas Mouse technologies As per the deal, Spice Bio will obtain rights to develop & commercialize antibodies from the collaboration in exchange for research payments, potential clinical & commercial milestones, plus…
May 13, 2025

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Decoding Approval: Moitreyee Chatterjee-Kishore from Astellas in an Exclusive Conversation with PharmaShots

Shots:  Recently EC granted Marketing Authorization to Astellas’ VYLOY (zolbetuximab) in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of patients with advanced gastric and GEJ cancers  Zolbetuximab, a monoclonal antibody designed to target gastric tumor cells that express CLDN18.2 biomarker  Today, at PharmaShots we have Dr. Moitreyee Chatterjee-Kishore the Head of Development, Immuno-Oncology and Cancer Cell…
September 26, 2024

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Moitreyee Chatterjee-Kishore, in an absorbing conversation with PharmaShots, shares the highlights of the SPOTLIGHT & GLOW study

Shots:   Moitreyee Chatterjee-Kishore, HOD, Immuno-Oncology & Cancer Cell Therapy at Astellas shares insights from the P-III trials (SPOTLIGHT & GLOW)   In SPOTLIGHT and GLOW, zolbetuximab and chemotherapy demonstrated improved PFS and OS vs placebo plus chemotherapy, yielding positive outcomes for patients with advanced gastric or GEJ cancer.   Moitreyee highlights the ongoing clinical trials for the…
November 29, 2023

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