Araris Biotech AG announced on April 17 that it will acquire ARS Pharmaceutical's Nectin-4 antibody. Araris Biotech intends to use the acquired Nectin-4 antibody to develop differentiated Nectin-4 ADCs using its proprietary linker technology.
Recently, the application for clinical trail of Mabwell's ADC drug (9MW2821) targeting Nectin-4 has been accepted by NMPA. It is the first time that domestic enterprise enters the IND stage with the same target drug.
Bicycle Therapeutics plc today announced the first patient has been dosed in the Phase I dose escalation portion of a company-sponsored Phase I/II trial of BT8009.