Weekly Digest - February 2025

Weekly Digest - February 2025

04 Feb 2025: Pfizer axes B7-H4 ADC, triggering $1B impairment charge as blockbuster vision evaporates

  • Pfizer has discontinued the development of its B7-H4-directed ADC, B7H4V, resulting in a $1 billion impairment charge

  • The ADC was acquired through Pfizer’s takeover of Seagen and had been in a phase 1 trial for advanced solid tumors

  • Enrollment was halted in December 2024, and the program is now permanently discontinued

  • Pfizer cited clinical data showing that felmetatug vedotin (FV) was unlikely to improve outcomes over standard chemotherapy, though no new safety concerns were observed

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