Pfizer pays 3SBio $1.25B for PD-1xVEGF bispecific, joining red-hot race with BioNTech, Merck

Pfizer has joined the PD-1xVEGF bispecific gold rush. The Big Pharma is paying 3SBio $1.25 billion upfront for ex-China rights to a clinical candidate, establishing itself as a challenger to BioNTech, Merck & Co. and Summit Therapeutics in a scorching-hot area of immuno-oncology.

May 20, 2025 - 10:50
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Pfizer pays 3SBio $1.25B for PD-1xVEGF bispecific, joining red-hot race with BioNTech, Merck
Pfizer has joined the PD-1xVEGF bispecific gold rush. The Big Pharma is paying 3SBio $1.25 billion upfront for ex-China rights to a clinical candidate, establishing itself as a challenger to BioNTech, Merck & Co. and Summit Therapeutics in a scorching-hot area of immuno-oncology.