Sutro Biopharma’s lead antibody-drug conjugate beat back ovarian cancer in a small phase 1 study, shrinking tumors in 13% of patients who had tried a median of six other treatments. The study tested various doses of the treatment, STRO-002, an ADC targeting folate receptor alpha (FolRα), in 39 patients who had received multiple kinds of […]

A race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine began almost the minute the coronavirus’s genetic makeup was revealed in January. Already, two companies have announced that their vaccines appear safe and about 95 percent effective (SN: 11/18/20, SN: 11/16/20). Government regulators in the United Kingdom granted permission December 2 for emergency use of a vaccine made […]

Over the years we have witnessed how natural disasters can have a significant impact on biopharmaceutical industry supply chains. For example, in 2010 a volcanic ash cloud from an eruption in Iceland caused the largest air-traffic shutdown since WWII. The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in 2011 caused that country a nationwide drug shortage. […]