Two years into her tenancy as CEO, Bahija Jallal is on the cusp of taking UK biotech Immunocore from a research and development organization to a company with a burgeoning pipeline and a marketed therapy. She talks to In Vivo about validating the platform, an IPO and creating a commercial footprint.

Amgen said Phase II data are planned for the EADV 2021 meeting, but KHK4083 will need a strong showing.

Strong sales of Dupixent and its range of vaccines are expected to drive Sanofi’s financial results for the first quarter of 2021, although these are likely to have been adversely affected by currency exchange rate movements. Numerous data readouts are expected in the coming months from pipeline products.

GlaxoSmithKline has discontinued treatment with its ICOS agonist feladilimab in the Phase II INDUCE-3 trial upon the recommendation of the study’s data monitoring committee, another setback for the big pharma’s plans to become a major force in the cancer therapy area.