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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...

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...