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Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
14/04/2026 FDA Grants Fast Track to Daretabart for High‑Risk Neuroblastoma FDA sBLA Submission & NCCN Guideline Inclusion for BIZENGRI in NRG1 Fusion–Positive Cholangiocarcinoma Obsidian Therapeutics and Galera Therapeutics Announce Merger Agreement to advance OBX-115 TIL Therapy FDA Grants Fast Track to Daretabart for High‑Risk Neuroblastoma (Ref) Renaissance Pharma's Daretabart (hu1418K322A), a novel anti-GD2 monoclonal antibody, has received Fast Track status from the U.S.

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Apr 152 min read


Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
25/03/2026 Corcept's relacorilant + nab-paclitaxel received FDA approval for platinum-resistant Ovarian Cancer TRIANA Biomedicines' TRI-611 received the FDA fast track designation for ALK+ NSCLC In a $6.7B deal, Merck & Co acquired Terns Pharmaceuticals to expand its hematology pipeline Corcept's relacorilant + nab-paclitaxel received FDA approval for platinum-resistant Ovarian Cancer (Ref) The US FDA granted approval to Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated's Lifyorli (relacori

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Mar 262 min read


Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
28/01/2026 Elevar Therapeutics submitted a NDA to the US FDA for lirafugratinib as a 2L treatment for cholangiocarcinoma Elevar Therapeutics submitted a NDA to the US FDA for lirafugratinib as a 2L treatment for cholangiocarcinoma (Ref) Elevar Therapeutics submitted a NDA to the US FDA for lirafugratinib (FGFR2 inhibitor) as a second-line treatment option for cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) patients with FGFR2 fusion or rearrangement. Dong-Gun Kim, the company’s chief executive offi

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Jan 301 min read


Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
14/01/2026 Nanjing Leads Biolabs' opamtistomig received the FDA fast track designation for extra-pulmonary neuroendocrine carcinoma Nanjing Leads Biolabs' opamtistomig received the FDA fast track designation for extra-pulmonary neuroendocrine carcinoma (Ref) The US FDA granted fast track designation to Nanjing Leads Biolabs' opamtistomig (LBL-024; PD-L1 x 4-1BB bispecific antibody) for the treatment of extra-pulmonary neuroendocrine carcinoma (EP-NEC). Dr. Charles Cai, CMO,

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Jan 161 min read


Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
07/01/2026 Arbele's ARB1002 received the FDA orphan drug designation for pancreatic cancer Curadel Pharma's CPI-008 imaging drug received the FDA and EMA orphan drug designation for pancreatic cancer Arbele's ARB1002 received the FDA orphan drug designation for pancreatic cancer (Ref) The US FDA granted the orphan drug designation to Arbele's ARB1002 (CDH17 targeting ADC) for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. Dr Linda Wu, CDO, Arbele: "Orphan Drug Designation for ARB1002 m

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Jan 92 min read


Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
06/01/2026 Cellenkos' CK0804 received the FDA orphan drug designation for myelofibrosis Bayer's sevabertinib received the breakthrough therapy designation for HER2-mutant NSCLC Cellenkos' CK0804 received the FDA orphan drug designation for myelofibrosis (Ref) The US FDA granted the orphan drug designation to Cellenkos' CK0804 (CXCR4hi Treg therapeutic) for treatment of myelofibrosis. Dr. Simrit Parmar, MD, Founder, Cellenkos: "Receiving Orphan Drug Designation is an important

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Jan 92 min read


Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
09/12/2025 Senti Biosciences' SENTI-202 received the FDA's RMAT designation for hematologic malignancies Zydus and Formycon enter into an exclusive partnership for the Keytruda biosimilar, FYB206 Senti Biosciences' SENTI-202 received the FDA's RMAT designation for hematologic malignancies (Ref) The US FDA granted the Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation to Senti Biosciences' SENTI-202 (logic gated off-the-shelf CAR-NK cell therapy) for the treatment of re

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Dec 10, 20251 min read


Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
19/11/2025 Roche's Lunsumio SC received conditional approval in EU for R/R FL (Ref) The European Commission granted conditional marketing authorisation to Roche's mosunetuzumab (Lunsumio; CD20 x CD3 bispecific antibody) subcutaneous (SC) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) follicular lymphoma (FL) after two or more lines of systemic therapy. The approval is based on results from the Phase I/II GO29781 trial in which Lunsumio SC had pharmacok

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Nov 20, 20252 min read


Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
17/11/2025 Dewpoint Therapeutics' DPTX3186 received the FDA fast track designation for gastric cancer (Ref) The US FDA granted the fast track designation to Dewpoint Therapeutics' DPTX3186 (oral condensate modulator) for the treatment of gastric cancer. Isaac Klein, CSO and Head of R&D, Dewpoint Therapeutics: “We are honored that the FDA has recognized the urgency of gastric cancer and the promise of our condensate-based approach. DPTX3186 represents a new way of modulating d

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Nov 18, 20253 min read


Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
27/10/2025 Cellectar Biosciences' iopofosine I131 received the rare pediatric drug designation for pediatric high-grade glioma (Ref) The US FDA granted the rare pediatric drug designation (RPDD) to Cellectar Biosciences' iopofosine I131 in inoperable R/R pediatric high-grade glioma (pHGG). The FDA previously granted Orphan Drug Designation for iopofosine I 131 for the treatment of pHGG James Caruso, President and CEO, Cellectar: “Receiving Rare Pediatric Disease Designation f

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Nov 4, 20252 min read


Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
21/08/2025 In a $350M deal, Kite to acquire Interius BioTherapeutics (Ref) Kite (a Gilead Company) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Interius BioTherapeutics developing in vivo CAR therapeutics for $350 million. Interius’ off-the-shelf and personalized approach is designed to be delivered via a single IV infusion, eliminating the need for preconditioning chemotherapy and complex cell processing Under the terms of the agreement, Kite will acquire all of the outsta

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Aug 22, 20251 min read


Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
04/08/2025 Alphamab's IND application for JSKN022 was accepted by China's CDE (Ref) Alphamab Oncology's IND application for JSKN022 (PD-L1 x integrin αvβ6 bispecific antibody-drug conjugate) has been accepted by the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). The company plans to initiate a first-in-human trial of JSKN022 for the treatment of advanced malignant solid tumors The Ph1 trial will evaluate the safety, tolerability, PK/P

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Aug 4, 20252 min read


Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
09/07/2025 Artera's ArteraAI Prostate received the Breakthrough Device designation from the US FDA (Ref) The US FDA granted the Breakthrough Device designation to Artera's ArteraAI Prostate (an AI precision medicine tool) intended to assist clinicians with risk-based decisions for patients with localized prostate cancer ArteraAI Prostate analyzes digital pathology images of the prostate cancer biopsy slide to prognosticate long-term outcomes, such as 10-yr risk of distant met

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Jul 10, 20251 min read
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