The US FDA approved Day One’s pediatric brain cancer drug Ojemda, ImmunityBio’s bladder cancer immunotherapy Anktiva, an uncomplicated UTI claim for Utility Therapeutics’ Pivya, which has a long history in Europe, and Pfizer’s hemophilia B gene therapy Beqvez.

Plus deals involving Debiopharm/SunRock, RefleXion/3B Pharmaceuticals, Pharmanovia/Sanofi and more.

BioAsia 2023: CEPI's CEO, Dr Richard Hatchett, talks about viruses with pandemic potential, enhanced ‘spillover risk’ and delivering on operational excellence to get to the mission of having vaccines ready for initial authorization within 100 days of identification of a pandemic pathogen.

Start-up hopes to bring its first candidate, an NY-ESO-1-targeting off-the-shelf product, into the clinic in Q2. Astex and Cardiff University team up on novel therapies for neurodegenerative disease.