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Autobahn’s elunetirom gets FDA Fast Track for bipolar depression

May 31, 2026

The FDA granted Fast Track status to elunetirom (ABX-002) as an adjunctive treatment for depressive episodes associated with bipolar I or bipolar II disorder in adults, according to a May 26...

FDA label expansion watch: Ionis’ Tryngolza olezarsen has PDUFA in June

May 31, 2026

A busy June at the FDA includes 11 upcoming PDUFA dates, with at least eight new products and three label expansions awaiting decisions, according to a regulatory calendar overview. One of the...

Revolution begins shipping daraxonrasib under FDA early access

May 31, 2026

Revolution Medicines began shipping daraxonrasib to physicians and patients under an FDA-authorized early access program, the company said during an event tied to ASCO. Daraxonrasib remains...

Pfizer and Innovent strike a $10.5B antibody-drug conjugate collaboration

May 31, 2026

Pfizer announced a multi-drug R&D collaboration with Innovent Biologics valued at $10.5 billion, targeting next-generation antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for targeted cancer therapies. The deal...

Giredestrant expands adjuvant SERD benefit across menopausal status

May 31, 2026

New data from the lidERA Phase 3 trial showed that adjuvant giredestrant, an investigational oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD), cut recurrence risk across both premenopausal and...

B7-H4 ADC puxitatug samrotecan posts strong response in endometrial cancer

May 31, 2026

B7-H4-directed antibody-drug conjugate puxitatug samrotecan (AZD8205) delivered a 47.1% confirmed objective response rate in B7-H4-expressing recurrent or progressive endometrial cancer in the...

Allogene names Zachary Roberts as CEO succession

May 31, 2026

Allogene Therapeutics announced that Zachary Roberts, currently executive vice president of R&D and chief medical officer, will succeed David Chang as president and CEO on July 1, and will also...

Signos raises $20M to expand CGM use for weight loss

May 31, 2026

Signos raised $20 million to expand its glucose monitoring platform beyond diabetes by targeting weight loss, the company said. The approach combines an over-the-counter Dexcom CGM with an app...

ASCO late-stage oncology highlights

May 31, 2026

Revolution Medicines delivered what oncologists described as “landscape-changing” data for daraxonrasib at ASCO, extending survival in second-line metastatic pancreatic cancer with...

Immuno-oncology trial readout in NSCLC

May 31, 2026

Akeso and Summit’s ivonescimab extended survival in a China-based Phase 3 study in previously untreated squamous NSCLC, delivering a 34% risk reduction in death versus standard immunotherapy plus...

FDA and US regulatory direction

May 31, 2026

FDA user-fee negotiations for the next cycle moved into White House review, according to sources describing scrutiny of a deal that sets prescription drug user fees for 2028 through 2032. The...

Next FDA label expansion watchlist

May 31, 2026

FDA is set for a busy June with 11 upcoming PDUFA dates, including a late-month decision that could expand the label of Ionis Pharmaceuticals’ Tryngolza olezarsen. The antisense oligonucleotide...

Big pharma-foreign biotech deal for ADCs

May 31, 2026

Pfizer and Innovent Biologics inked an up-to-$10.5 billion global licensing and collaboration agreement covering 12 early-stage and de novo antibody and ADC programs, marking another major move by...

ASCO immuno-oncology development strategy debate

May 31, 2026

BioNTech/Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer are taking different approaches to overall survival in first-line NSCLC trials aimed at building the next PD-(L)1×VEGF bispecific franchise, according to...

Healthcare innovation: AI pharmacy and therapy initiation

May 31, 2026

CareTria acquired CaryHealth to build an AI direct-to-patient pharmacy platform focused on reducing friction between prescribing and therapy initiation. The combined offering merges CareTria’s...

Biotech management: leadership transition at Allogene

May 31, 2026

Allogene Therapeutics announced a CEO transition with Zachary Roberts set to succeed David Chang as president and CEO on July 1. Roberts, currently EVP of R&D and Chief Medical Officer at the...

Protein engineering and AI infrastructure for biology

May 31, 2026

Biohub researchers released an AI-generated protein atlas dubbed the ESM Atlas, predicted to cover more than one billion protein structures along with billions of sequences, vastly expanding on...

Access and evidence debate: MCED and screening standards

May 31, 2026

ASCO said it will not recommend Grail’s Galleri test for population cancer screening after reviewing results from the NHS-Galleri trial. The decision follows questions about whether the trial’s...

Pancreatic cancer pivotal readout and early access

May 31, 2026

Revolution Medicines’ daraxonrasib posted “landscape-changing” survival data at ASCO for metastatic pancreatic cancer driven by RAS G12 mutations, nearly doubling outcomes versus standard...

Lung cancer immunotherapy signal from China-based trial

May 31, 2026

Akeso’s ivonescimab, developed with Summit Therapeutics, delivered a 34% death-risk reduction in previously untreated squamous non-small cell lung cancer in a China-based trial. The results,...