SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France – January 30, 2026 │ Roche’s new $570M near‑term licensing deal for MediLink’s YL201 underscores the strategic premium placed on differentiated ADC assets—and on the IP required to defend them. Roche announced an exclusive licensing agreement with China’s MediLink Therapeutics for YL201, an investigational antibody–drug conjugate (ADC) targeting B7-H3 (CD276). Roche will[…]
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France – January 28, 2026 │ The growing understanding of the skin microbiome has profoundly reshaped approaches to dermatological and dermocosmetic innovation. Among emerging strategies, postbiotics, defined as non-living bacterial derivatives with biological activity, are gaining increasing attention as safe and stable alternatives to live probiotics. Positioned as the crossroads of immunology, skin[…]
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France – January 16, 2026 │ This quarter, KnowMade’s Therapeutic mRNA patent monitoring service highlights PopVax as an emerging innovator driving multivalent mRNA vaccines and next-generation delivery platforms. Identifying Emerging mRNA Innovators Through Patent Surveillance: The Case of PopVax Patent Monitoring as a Strategic Lens on Therapeutic mRNA Innovation Patent monitoring has become[…]
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France – November 21, 2025 │ October 21, 2025 – Takeda has entered into a license and collaboration agreement with Innovent Biologics for the development, manufacturing and commercialization of two late-stage oncology medicines, worldwide outside of Greater China. First, there is IBI363, a PD-1/IL-2α-bias bispecific antibody fusion protein, evaluated in non-small cell lung[…]