Sesen Bio paus­es blad­der can­cer drug work, of­floads eye dis­ease an­ti­bod­ies to Roche

Fol­low­ing an FDA re­jec­tion last year, Sesen Bio an­nounced this morn­ing that it will be paus­ing de­vel­op­ment on its lead blad­der can­cer drug.

With the pause, Sesen can save mon­ey while it looks for al­ter­na­tives, the Cam­bridge, MA-based biotech said in a press re­lease. It not­ed that it would be look­ing for a part­ner for its blad­der can­cer drug Vicineum.

In Au­gust, the FDA re­ject­ed Vicineum — which the biotech as­cribed to man­u­fac­tur­ing is­sues and the FDA ask­ing for more da­ta. The biotech said its de­ci­sion for paus­ing de­vel­op­ment came af­ter as­sess­ing costs for an ad­di­tion­al Phase III tri­al for the drug in blad­der can­cer.

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