Pfizer like Seagen27 Feb 2023 08:50
this is why
Seagen, of Bothell, Wash., helped pioneer a class of cancer therapy known as antibody drug conjugates that works like a guided missile attacking tumors with toxic agents.
The therapies had been approved for cancers such as Hodgkin’s and other lymphomas, and more recently have shown promise in combination with an immunotherapy against other kinds of tumors including a form of breast cancer.
The potential in breast cancer could be particularly appealing to Pfizer, which has a top-selling drug, named Ibrance, treating the condition.
The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing whether to approve a combination of the Padcev antibody drug conjugate, from Seagen and Astellas Pharma Inc., and Merck’s Keytruda immunotherapy for treatment of advanced bladder cancer.