In today’s briefing:
- Takeda: Guidance Lowered Due to Setbacks in Clinical Trials but Pipeline Development Continues
- CARGO Therapeutics IPO Preview: A Promising Pipeline of Next-Gen CAR T-Cell Therapies
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Takeda: Guidance Lowered Due to Setbacks in Clinical Trials but Pipeline Development Continues
- Takeda’s 2QFY03/2024 revenues increased 4.1% YoY beating consensus estimates by 6%. However, Takeda reported an operating loss of ¥49.3bn for the quarter due to impairment losses.
- As we expected, recent setback in some of Takeda’s clinical trials have led to write-downs and triggered a downward revision to full-year profit guidance.
- There has been excessive price reaction to these setbacks, however, Takeda continues to progress with its pipeline development with some newly launched drugs showing great potential.
CARGO Therapeutics IPO Preview: A Promising Pipeline of Next-Gen CAR T-Cell Therapies
- CARGO Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech company developing treatments for various lymphomas, filed for an IPO to fund its Phase 2 clinical trials of CRG-022, a lead program in the pipeline.
- The biotech firm was backed by founding investor Samsara BioCapital and top-tier healthcare VC firms, including Third Rock Ventures, Perceptive Advisors, and Nextech Invest.
- The company’s lead program, CRG-022, is focused on patients with large B-cell lymphoma whose disease relapsed and targets CD-22 that has been expressed in 81% to 100% of DLBCL patients.