Novartis/TScan and Gilead/Kite/oNKo-innate partnerships seek to advance cancer cell therapy. J&J, Bayer among the latest pharmas to unveil partnerships to fight the novel coronavirus.

Despite a recent setback for one commercial product in its oncology portfolio, BeiGene is on a roll with another, receiving the second approval in recent months, and the first in a solid tumor, for tislelizumab. The PD-1 contender has also met its endpoint in a first-line lung cancer trial.

The Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology (CSCO) annual meeting, against the background of the global pandemic, has one clear message that local researchers and players are pressing ahead to take a leadership role in cutting-edge cancer research globally.