ESMO22 Preview on Targeted Therapies in Developmental Therapeutics
Which early stage agents will stand out or crash at ESMO22?
In part one of our ESMO preview series on developmental therapeutics last week we highlighted some key immunotherapy presentations to watch out for.
This time around it’s the turn of early stage targeted therapies to be put in the spotlight.
Traditionally these have been a particular strength on the ESMO programme, although they have been rather over-shadowed over the last five years or so by the rise of immunotherapy this and that.
This year heralded a new crop of agents to evaluate, as well as a bunch of compounds with updated expansion phase or phase 2 readouts at the recommended dose, which should give us a much better idea of how well they are performing.
Not all of these selections will make it to phase 3, however, and will likely be destined for the dreaded dog drug heaven although the good news is some are looking pretty encouraging thus far…
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In our latest ESMO conference preview it’s time to pick some early stage immunotherapy highlights to watch out for.
Whenever I think of ‘salad days’ – a Shakespearean expression referring to a youthful time, a period of carefree innocence and idealism – the idyllic Indian summer of 1976 comes to mind when the summer actually meant more than merely a few hours of sunshine for a couple of days in England, rather than days of rain and inclement weather cancelling much anticipated leisure events.
Here, we wanted to explore the evolving universe more broadly and assess criticality as well as applicability – which agents might shine tomorrow if clinical data turn out positive? The simple answer is more than you know.