ADC Therapeutics: Rising From The Ashes Of A Halted Drug Trial

Eugene Linden
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Summary

  • ADCs are a promising development in cancer treatment, targeting specific tumors with minimal side effects.
  • ADCT's first drug, Zynlonta, was approved for third line treatment of lymphoma, but a halted trial for second line treatment was a setback.
  • New data shows that the combination of Zynlonta and Rituximab can cure certain types of lymphoma, and ADCT has a robust pipeline of potential therapies.

isolated Antibody drug conjugates (ADCs)

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Overview

ADCs - antigen-drug conjugants - are among the hottest developments in cancer treatments. In combination with other drugs, they hold the promise of replacing chemotherapy on a whole host of cancers, because, unlike chemo, which is systemic and comes with severe side effects, ADCs target specific tumors

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Im primarily a writer -- see eugenelinden.com -- but I also have had a separate career in finance. I served for fifteen years as Chef Investment Strategist for Bennett Management, a family of distress hedge funds, and I have also served as a director of several private and public companies. Over the years my writings have ventured into finance. I wrote early articles about distress investing for TIME and Fortune, as well as essays for TIME on market volatility and game theory. I co-wrote with Leon Levy, his book, The Mind of Wall Street.

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