06/10/2025 Orca Bio's BLA for Orca-T accepted for Priority Review to treat Hematological Malignancies (Ref) The US FDA accepted Orca Bio's BLA seeking approval for Orca-T (allogeneic T-cell immunotherapy) as a treatment for hematological malignancies including acute myeloid leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes. Priority Review status has been granted with a PDUFA target action date of April 6, 2026 The BLA submission was based on positive resul

30/09/2025 Umoja Biopharma's UB-VV111 in vivo CAR T cell therapy received the FDA fast track designation for B-Cell Malignancies (Ref) The US FDA granted the fast track designation to Umoja Biopharma's UB-VV111 (off-the-shelf drug product that generates CD19-directed CAR T cells in vivo) for the treatment of relapsed/refractory Large B-cell Lymphoma following two or more lines of prior therapy and relapsed/refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia following two or more lines of

18/09/2025 Replimune completed a Type A meeting with the FDA to discuss the CRL for vusolimogene oderparepvec + nivo (Ref) Replimune announced the completion of a Type A meeting with the US FDA discussing the CRL for the BLA of vusolimogene oderparepvec (RP1; herpes simplex virus engineered and genetically armed with a fusogenic protein (GALV-GP R-) and GM-CSF) + nivo for the treatment of anti-PD-1 pretreated advanced melanoma. The feedback from the FDA provided during the me

27/08/2025 BeOne Medicines' perioperative tislelizumab regimen received approval from the EC for resectable NSCLC (Ref) The EC approved BeOne Medicines' tislelizumab (TEVIMBRA; anti-PD-1) + platinum-containing chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment followed by tislelizumab monotherapy as adjuvant treatment for adult patients with resectable NSCLC at high risk of recurrence. The approval was based on results from the China-specific Phase 3 RATIONALE-315 trial Per pre-planned fi

18/08/2025 Izalontamab brengitecan received the Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the US FDA for EGFR-mutated NSCLC (Ref) The US FDA granted the Breakthrough Therapy Designation to SystImmune and Bristol Myers Squibb's izalontamab brengitecan (EGFR x HER3 bispecific ADC) for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC with EGFR exon 19 deletions or exon 21 L858R substitution mutations whose disease has progressed on or after treatment with an EGFR TKI and platinum

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

31/07/2025 MaxCyte and Anocca AB signed a Strategic Platform Licensing Agreement to advance TCR-T cell therapies (Ref) MaxCyte signed a Strategic Platform License Agreement (SPL) with Anocca AB in which Anocca AB will deploy MaxCyte’s Flow Electroporation® technology and ExPERT™ platform to support the scalable development and manufacturing of its TCR-T cell therapy pipeline. Anocca AB obtained non-exclusive research, clinical and commercial rights to use MaxCyte’s Flow Elect

08/07/2025 Adagene and ConjugateBio sign a partnership agreement to develop novel ADC (Ref) Adagene announced a partnership with ConjugateBio to provide a proprietary antibody for use in partner companies’ bispecific ADC development programs Under the terms of the agreement, Adagene will receive an undisclosed upfront payment, as well as milestone and royalty payments Adagene will provide an internally developed antibody for novel bispecific ADC development Adagene retains al

📢 AbbVie is set to acquire University of Pennsylvania’s spinout, Capstan Therapeutics for up to $2.1 billion in cash, representing one of the major acquisitions in the CGT space in 2025. ⭐ The acquisition price represents a significant premium over Capstan's last valuation, however, with this deal AbbVie gains full access to Capstan's key programs and most importantly its proprietary in vivo cell engineering technology, which was developed by the world-renowned scientists. ⭐