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Pancreatic cancer clinical efficacy and regulatory path

April 13, 2026

Revolution Medicines reported phase 3 success for its investigational KRAS inhibitor daraxonrasib in metastatic pancreatic cancer, extending survival versus chemotherapy in a registrational...

Uveal melanoma late-stage benchmark and accelerated FDA filing signals

April 13, 2026

Ideaya Biosciences reported that its uveal melanoma program cleared an internal success benchmark in a late-stage open-label trial. The company said the results strengthen expectations for an...

Allogene’s off-the-shelf CAR-T readout in lymphoma

April 13, 2026

Allogene Therapeutics said its off-the-shelf CAR-T, cema-cel, achieved an interim goal in an ongoing phase 3 trial in B-cell lymphoma. In the interim analysis, 58% of treated patients reached...

GSK expands late-stage development for gynecologic cancer ADC from Hansoh

April 13, 2026

GSK said it plans five phase 3 studies for an antibody-drug conjugate licensed from Hansoh Pharma after early promising data. The company’s move expands the late-stage footprint for a gynecologic...

Ovarian cancer: relacorilant adds survival benefit in platinum-resistant disease

April 13, 2026

Final overall survival results from the phase 3 ROSELLA trial showed that relacorilant plus nab-paclitaxel reduced the risk of death versus nab-paclitaxel alone in platinum-resistant ovarian...

Ulcerative colitis: Spyre early phase 2 proof-of-goal

April 13, 2026

Spyre Therapeutics reported early phase 2 results supporting its ulcerative colitis monoclonal antibody approach. In its SKYLINE study, subjects taking SPY001 met the primary safety goal and...

ADC innovation: Sidewinder raises Series B to build bispecific ADC pipeline

April 13, 2026

Sidewinder Therapeutics secured a $137 million Series B to advance a pipeline of bispecific antibody-drug conjugates targeting cancer. The funding is co-led by Frazier Life Sciences and the...

Healthcare diagnostics and commercialization: Labcorp and CHOP pediatric specialty tests

April 13, 2026

Labcorp and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) announced plans to develop and commercialize specialty pediatric diagnostics. The collaboration is designed to move tests across areas...

Biopharma business deal: AbbVie inks $745M agreement with Haisco for acute pain candidates

April 13, 2026

AbbVie agreed to pay Chinese biotech Haisco $30 million upfront for two non-opioid acute pain candidates, part of a deal described at up to $745 million. The transaction expands AbbVie’s pain...

Radiopharmaceutical strategy: Regeneron and Telix expand radiopharma via $2.1B pact

April 13, 2026

Regeneron entered radiopharmaceutical expansion through a $2.1 billion biobucks pact with Telix. The agreement ties into Regeneron’s shifting growth strategy as its obesity program activity and...

Immuno-oncology and ADC pipeline momentum

April 13, 2026

GSK is moving an antibody-drug conjugate licensed from Hansoh Pharma into an expanded late-stage development plan after early data signaled potential in gynecological cancers. The company said it...

FDA-approved regimen improves survival in ovarian cancer

April 13, 2026

Final overall survival data from the Phase 3 ROSELLA trial show that relacorilant (Lifyorli) added to nab-paclitaxel significantly improves outcomes in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. At the...

New mega-round funding to strengthen antibody-drug conjugate targeting

April 13, 2026

Sidewinder Therapeutics and Stipple Bio announced large financing rounds aimed at improving the targeting capabilities of antibody-drug conjugates. Both startups said they are on track to enter...

IPO market: pulmonary fibrosis biotech eyes FDA-backed inhaled strategy

April 13, 2026

Seaport Therapeutics’ peer Hemab is joined by Avalyn Pharma as the IPO market shows renewed activity, with Avalyn filing a registration statement to raise capital for respiratory treatments. The...

Clinical and translational neurology: selective NMDA blockade in SCA1

April 13, 2026

A mouse-model study published in Cell Death Discovery reports that long-term administration of the selective NMDA GluN2B antagonist Ro25-6981 attenuates neurodegeneration in spinocerebellar ataxia...

Genetics refinement in Parkinson’s disease

April 13, 2026

An author correction published by Sun, Schulte, Gasser, and colleagues in npj Parkinson’s Disease updates the refined genetic associations tied to Parkinson’s disease susceptibility. The...

Machine learning for Parkinson’s risk stratification

April 13, 2026

A new study in npj Parkinson’s Disease describes a machine learning approach for identifying individuals with Parkinson’s disease who are at heightened risk of falling. The work presents a...

Cardio-immune mechanism after heart attack

April 13, 2026

Researchers report that β2 adrenergic receptors help direct neutrophil behavior after myocardial infarction, identifying a mechanism that shapes cardiac immune responses during ischemic injury....

Reproductive medicine innovation

April 13, 2026

A preclinical-to-early translational development in reproductive medicine suggests securinine, a natural alkaloid, can boost small ovarian follicle growth when delivered via intraovarian...

Drug discovery platform: high-throughput MDM2 strategy for resistant uveal melanoma

April 13, 2026

A high-throughput strategy targeting MDM2 is presented as a potential way to overcome radiation resistance in uveal melanoma, a cancer where durable control remains difficult. The approach focuses...