Biologic Drugs in Development

Brandon Pence, FUJIFILM Biosciences' president and chief operating officer, identifies cell consistency and viral vector capsid fill ratios as the 2 most critical unresolved hurdles in CGT manufacturing scale-up.

Veraxa Biotech has advanced its bispecific antibody-drug conjugate program VXA-222 into its next development phase after OmniAb completed discovery work under their May 2025 collaboration, creating a dual-antigen "AND-gate" candidate designed to improve precision in solid tumor treatment.

Harbour BioMed and Sinopharm have formed a strategic Innovation Consortium to co-develop biologics in oncology and immune-mediated inflammatory disease.

argenx will acquire Forte Biosciences for $2.2 billion, which will add first-in-class anti-CD122 antibody, FB102, to its immunology pipeline.

Johnson & Johnson reported that phase 3 MonumenTAL-6 data show Tecvayli plus Talvey cut the risk of progression or death by 89% in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

A Phase 1 trial of DYP688, a first-in-class antibody-drug conjugate targeting the Gq/11 pathway, showed disease control in more than 80% of patients with metastatic uveal melanoma and was well tolerated, according to findings published in Nature Medicine, even after Novartis halted the drug's development.

A new peer-reviewed publication in Clinical Cancer Research details preclinical data for Pheast Therapeutics' PHST001, an anti-CD24 monoclonal antibody, showing anti-tumor activity across six solid tumor types and enhanced effects when combined with chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and antibody-drug conjugates.

Repligen will acquire BioLife Solutions for $1.5 billion, adding CryoStor biopreservation media to its cell therapy portfolio.

The European Medicines Agency has granted orphan designation to Atsena Therapeutics' ATSN-101 and ATSN-201, AAV gene therapies for Leber congenital amaurosis 1 and X-linked retinoschisis, as both programs advance toward pivotal Phase 3 trials.

Phase 3 SHASTA-3/4 trials show plozasiran cut triglycerides up to 81% and reduced pancreatitis events up to 100% in high-risk sHTG patients.

Greenwich LifeSciences has received UK regulatory approval to expand its Phase III FLAMINGO-01 trial of GLSI-100, a HER2-derived peptide cancer vaccine designed to prevent breast cancer recurrence, adding up to 10 new UK sites through a collaboration with The Royal Marsden.

Liquid chromatography and single-use chromatography platforms are reshaping biologics purification as the Asia-Pacific region challenges the dominance of North America and Europe.

Propanc Biopharma has reported peer-reviewed data on scalable recombinant production of trypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen, supporting a synthetic backup to its lead cancer candidate, PRP.

Imunon has reported positive preliminary data from its phase 2 minimal residual disease study of IMNN-001, a DNA-based IL-12 gene immunotherapy, showing a lower MRD-positive rate, higher ctDNA clearance, and more patients reaching no evidence of disease compared to standard chemotherapy alone in frontline advanced ovarian cancer.

Under the deal, Lonza will grant Engitix a single-target ADC license for SYNtecan E, GlycoConnect, and HydraSpace to advance ECM-targeted fibrosis and cancer therapies.

Scholar Rock’s apitegromab is awaiting a US manufacturing facility resolution, which may impact the therapy’s European review, for which clinical assessment has been completed.

Halozyme and Incyte will advance subcutaneous INCA033989 for mutCALR-positive MPNs, with the aim of improving treatment delivery while supporting targeted clinical development.

Keytruda improved progression-free survival versus chemotherapy in first-line dMMR advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.

Umoja Biopharma has received FDA clearance of its IND application for UB-VV400, a CD22-directed in vivo CAR T-cell therapy candidate built on the company's VivoVec lentiviral platform, positioning it as the industry's first known in vivo CAR T program targeting CD22 for relapsed or refractory B-cell malignancies.

Boehringer Ingelheim has started a phase 2 trial of BI 3034701, an investigational triple GLP-1/GIP/NPY2 receptor agonist for obesity and overweight.

Deck Bio’s Dr Johanna K. Kaufmann spoke at BIO 2026 about how the company’s multi-peptide major histocompatibility complex T cell engager strategy aims to expand patient eligibility and overcome solid tumor heterogeneity and antigen escape resistance.

Oncolytics Biotech CEO Jared Kelly warns that investor demand for near-term tumor response data is blocking funding for trials with proven overall survival benefits.

Updated clinical findings for brenetafusp highlight how T-cell receptor bispecific therapies may overcome key mechanisms of checkpoint inhibitor resistance while expanding immunotherapy to a broader range of solid tumors.

FDA has granted priority review to obinutuzumab (Gazyva) for primary membranous nephropathy after phase 3 MAJESTY trial results showed superior remission versus tacrolimus.

Allogene Therapeutics has published complete phase 1 data in the Journal of Clinical Oncology for ALLO-316, a CD70-targeted allogeneic CAR T therapy, showing a 31% confirmed response rate and durable remissions in patients with high CD70-expressing metastatic renal cell carcinoma.