Tempus Announces New Strategic Collaboration with Pfizer to Advance Oncology Therapeutic Development

On February 28, 2023 Tempus, a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and precision medicine, reported a multi-year, strategic collaboration with Pfizer in which the two companies are working together to further AI and machine learning-driven efforts in therapeutic development (Press release, Tempus, FEB 28, 2023, View Source [SID1234646908]). The goal of this collaboration is to more precisely gather insights that will inform novel drug discovery and development in oncology.

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Through this collaboration, Pfizer has access to Tempus’ AI-enabled platform and its library of de-identified, multimodal data to uncover insights that will power therapeutic development in oncology. Pfizer also has access to Tempus’ broad range of capabilities that support therapeutic R&D to advance its own oncology portfolio, including AI-driven companion diagnostic offerings and Tempus’ clinical trial matching program, TIME, that rapidly activates studies for patients in communities across the country.

"Pfizer shares our commitment to bringing novel treatments to patients faster, and we look forward to working together to usher in the next generation of oncology therapeutics," said Eric Lefkofsky, Founder and CEO of Tempus. "This is the third strategic collaboration Tempus has established with a global pharmaceutical leader in the last year, as we believe that combining our technological capabilities with pharma’s deep R&D expertise will get us much closer in realizing the full potential of precision medicine."

ImmuneOncia and AprilBio join forces to jointly develop new immuno-anticancer antibody drugs

On February 28, 2023 ImmuneOncia (CEO Kim Heung-tae), a new drug development company specializing in immuno-anticancer drugs, reported on the 28th that it signed a comprehensive business agreement (MOU) with April Bio (CEO Cha Sang-hoon) to establish a strategic cooperation system for joint development of new immuno-anticancer antibody drugs (Press release, ImmuneOncia Therapeutics, FEB 28, 2023, View Source;idx=19 [SID1234643372]).

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Through this agreement, the two companies will use ImmuneOncia’s new antibody drug development technology, including ‘IMC-001’, an antibody treatment targeting PD-L1, and ‘IMC-002’, an antibody treatment targeting CD47, as well as April Bio’s proprietary platform SAFA (Serum). We plan to conduct joint research and promote mutual exchanges for the development of immunotherapy drugs using Albumin Fragment Associated (Albumin Fragment Associated) technology .

April Bio’s SAFA technology is an antibody fragment utilization platform that can increase the half-life of recombinant proteins and produce useful new antibody drugs.

Kim Heung-tae, CEO of ImmuneOncia, said, "Through this business agreement, we expect to further strengthen our ability to develop new immuno-anticancer antibody drugs based on the synergy between the two companies."

Sang-Hoon Cha, CEO of April Bio, said, "This agreement has great significance in that the excellence of the SAFA platform technology has been highly evaluated," adding, "Collaboration with ImmuneOncia, which has excellent antibody development capabilities, is expected to greatly contribute to the successful development of new drugs in the future. "I do it," he said.

Half-year ended 31 December 2022

On February 28, 2023 Imugene reported its half-year (ended December 31, 2022) results (Presentation, Imugene, FEB 28, 2023, View Source [SID1234633370]).

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Consolidated Financial Statements 2022

On February 28, 2023 Boehringer Ingelheim reported its Consolidated Financial Statements 2022 (Press release, Boehringer Ingelheim, FEB 28, 2023, View Source [SID1234633101]).

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Half-year report

On February 28, 2023 Kazia Therapeutics reported its half-year report for the year ended 30 June 2022 (Filing, 3 mnth, DEC 31, Kazia Therapeutics, 2022, FEB 28, 2023, View Source [SID1234630432]).

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