Cambridge-based Tango Therapeutics, a company focused on the discovery and development of novel cancer therapies, has announced a global strategic collaboration with Gilead Sciences to discover, develop and commercialize a pipeline of innovative targeted immuno-oncology treatments for patients with cancer. Under the multi-year collaboration, Tango will perform target discovery and validation and Gilead will have […]

Cambridge-based GO Therapeutics, a company applying new advances in glycoproteomics to develop antibody-based cancer therapeutics, announced in early October that it has entered into a license agreement with Roche. The agreement grants Roche a worldwide, exclusive license for antibodies generated to address a novel cancer-specific target. Under the terms of the agreement, Roche will pay […]

Boston-based Paratek Pharmaceuticals has announced that the FDA has approved Nuzyra (omadacycline) for the treatment of adults with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) and acute skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI). Nuzyra, a modernized tetracycline, is a once-daily IV and oral antibiotic that exhibits activity across a spectrum of bacteria, including Gram-positive, Gram-negative, atypicals, and drug […]

Alexion, newly headquartered in Boston’s Seaport District after its move from New Haven, announced in late September that it is acquiring Syntimmune, a clinical-stage biotech developing antibody therapeutics targeting the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn). Syntimmune’s SYNT001 – a humanized monoclonal antibody that inhibits the interaction of FcRn with Immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgG immune complexes […]