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ASCO plenary highlights: targeted therapy nearly doubles survival in KRAS-driven pancreatic cancer

June 01, 2026

Revolution Medicines presented additional details from its Phase 3 pancreatic cancer study featuring daraxonrasib at ASCO, with investigators describing results as “landscape-changing.” In the...

Regulator-access pathway: Revolution begins shipping daraxonrasib under FDA early access

June 01, 2026

Revolution Medicines began shipping daraxonrasib to physicians and patients under an early access program authorized by the FDA, CEO Mark Goldsmith said during an ASCO-linked briefing. The therapy...

Immunotherapy in lung cancer: Akeso/Summit ivonescimab combo extends survival vs PD-1 plus chemo

June 01, 2026

Akeso and Summit reported overall survival results showing their PD-1/VEGF bispecific ivonescimab plus chemotherapy reduced the risk of death by 34% versus PD-1 inhibitor plus chemo in previously...

Drug development: Lilly licenses Hanmi GLP-2 agonist for short bowel syndrome with major milestone potential

June 01, 2026

Eli Lilly licensed Hanmi Pharm’s Phase 2-stage GLP-2 agonist sonefpeglutide for short bowel syndrome, expanding Lilly’s gastrointestinal pipeline. Under the agreement, Lilly will pay $75 million...

FDA Fast Track: Autobahn Therapeutics gains expedited interactions for adjunct bipolar depression therapy

June 01, 2026

The FDA granted Fast Track designation to Autobahn Therapeutics’ elunetirom (ABX-002) for adjunctive treatment of depressive episodes associated with bipolar I or bipolar II disorder in adults....

Oncology pipeline signal: Breakthrough Therapy supported by high response rates for B7-H4-directed ADC in endometrial cancer

June 01, 2026

Puxitatug samrotecan (AZD8205) produced high response rates in B7-H4-expressing recurrent or progressive endometrial cancer in the Phase 1/2a BLUESTAR study, supporting an FDA Breakthrough Therapy...

Therapeutics funding: Signos raises $20M to pair OTC CGM with weight-loss coaching

June 01, 2026

Signos secured $20 million to expand its glucose monitoring platform beyond diabetes and into weight loss. The approach combines Dexcom’s over-the-counter CGM offering with a software app that...

Market structure for rare disease: Evaluate forecasts orphan drugs to surpass 21% of prescriptions by 2032

June 01, 2026

Evaluate’s orphan drugs report projects that orphan drugs will account for more than 21% of all prescription pharmaceutical sales by 2032, up from 15% in 2022. The analysis also forecasts rare...

Regulatory / FDA interactions

June 01, 2026

Replimune moved to a third attempt for RP1 in advanced melanoma after the FDA’s rejection history and recent leadership turnover at the agency. The company said it will resubmit its biologics...

Oncology clinical readouts (ASCO-led)

June 01, 2026

Revolution Medicines’ daraxonrasib delivered broadly strong survival and disease-control results in metastatic pancreatic cancer, with detailed interim data presented at ASCO. In the Phase 3 trial...

Oncology clinical readouts (China immunotherapy bispecifics)

June 01, 2026

Akeso’s ivonescimab extended survival in squamous non-small cell lung cancer in a China-only Phase 3 program presented at ASCO. In Harmoni-6, the PD-1/VEGF bispecific plus chemotherapy reduced the...

Regulatory pathway / early-stage oncology signals (ADC)

June 01, 2026

AstraZeneca/az’s pipeline ADC candidate puxitatug samrotecan generated high response rates in B7-H4–selected endometrial cancer data shown at ASCO. In the Phase 1/2a BLUESTAR study (NCT05123482),...

Oncology clinical readouts (breast cancer)

June 01, 2026

Giredestrant, an oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD), reduced recurrence risk across menopausal subgroups in ER+/HER2− early breast cancer in the lidERA Phase 3 trial results...

Regulatory / clinical development (CNS thyroid hormone prodrug)

June 01, 2026

Autobahn Therapeutics received FDA Fast Track designation for elunetirom (ABX-002) as adjunctive treatment for bipolar depression. The company said the designation is intended to increase the...

Biopharma dealmaking (onco antibodies with China partner)

June 01, 2026

Pfizer agreed to pay upfront and milestones totaling as much as $10.5 billion for a multi-asset oncology collaboration with Innovent Biologics. The deal sets Pfizer up for a 12-candidate antibody...

Biotech funding / digital health expansion

June 01, 2026

Signos raised $20 million to expand its glucose monitoring platform beyond diabetes into weight-loss applications. The company’s system pairs Dexcom’s over-the-counter CGM devices with an app that...

Protein design / AI infrastructure for biotech discovery

June 01, 2026

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Biohub unveiled an AI-generated protein atlas, the ESM Atlas, expanding predicted protein structure coverage by more than a billion entries. Biohub said the database,...

Research instrumentation / lab technology (microplate readers)

June 01, 2026

BMG LABTECH highlighted how microplate readers and reporter assays support real-time microbiology workflows in pathogen studies at the University of Glasgow. In a discussion with microbiologist...

Daraxonrasib reshapes second-line metastatic pancreatic cancer

May 31, 2026

Revolution Medicines disclosed expanded Phase 3 results for daraxonrasib in patients with KRAS-mutant metastatic pancreatic cancer, reporting a median overall survival gain of 13.2 months across...

Akeso and Summit’s Harmoni-6 delivers OS win in first-line squamous NSCLC

May 31, 2026

Akeso and Summit Therapeutics’ ivonescimab posted a statistically significant overall survival improvement versus a PD-1 inhibitor plus chemotherapy in Harmoni-6, a Phase 3 trial run entirely in...