Highlights from the CHMP June 2026 Meeting are out! New Biosimilar Medicines 💊 Ascend GmbH & Enzene Biosciences Ltd's denosumab (Denosumab Ascend; anti-RANKL) is intended for the prevention of bone complications in adults with advanced cancer involving bone and for the treatment of adults and skeletally mature adolescents with giant cell tumour of bone that is unresectable or where surgical resection is likely to result in severe morbidity Indication Expansions 💊 AstraZenec

Highlights from the CHMP Apr 2026 Meeting are out! New Generics 💊 Viatris' palbociclib (Palbociclib Viatris; CDK4/6 inhibitor) for the treatment of HR+ HER2- locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer either in in combination with an aromatase inhibitor, or in combination with fulvestrant in women who have received prior endocrine therapy Indication Expansions 💊 Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies (U.S.)'s fixed‑dose oral combination of decitabine‑cedazuridine (Inaqovi; hypom

Highlights from the CHMP Mar 2026 Meeting are out! New Medicines 💊 Ferring Pharmaceuticals’ nadofaragene firadenovec gene therapy for the Tx of adults with BCG-unresponsive NMIBC with CIS with/without papillary tumours 💊 Amgen's tarlatamab (DLL3 x CD3 BsAb) for the Tx of adults with ES-SCLC, who require systemic therapy following disease progression on or after 1L Tx with platinum-based chemo 💊 PharmaMar & Jazz Pharmaceuticals' lurbinectedin (alkylating agent) + atezolizum

16/03/2026 AstraZeneca’s perioperative durvalumab regimen received EC approval for early gastric and gastroesophageal cancers Telix resubmitted NDA to the US FDA for TLX101-Px brain cancer imaging candidate AstraZeneca’s perioperative durvalumab regimen received EC approval for early gastric and gastroesophageal cancers (Ref) The EC granted approval to AstraZeneca’s durvalumab (anti-PD-L1) + standard-of-care FLOT chemotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with resectabl

Highlights from the CHMP Feb 2026 Meeting are out! New Medicines 💊 Ipsen's tovorafenib (Ojemda; Type II RAF kinase inhibitor) is indicated as monotherapy for the treatment of patients 6 months of age and older with paediatric low‑grade glioma (LGG) harbouring a BRAF fusion or rearrangement, or BRAF V600 mutation, who have progressed after one or more prior systemic therapies New Biosimilars 💊 Henlius and Organon's pertuzumab (Poherdy; HER2/neu receptor antagonist), an inter

19/02/2026 Enhertu's type II variation application has been validated by the EMA for HER2 +ve early Breast Cancer Pilatus Biosciences' PLT012 received the FDA Fast Track designation for HCC Genentech's NDA for giredestrant + everolimus has been accepted by the US FDA for certain patients with breast cancer Enhertu's type II variation application has been validated by the EMA for HER2 +ve early Breast Cancer (Ref) The EMA has validated the type II variation marketing authoriz

18/02/2026 ImmunityBio's ANKTIVA® + BCG received conditional marketing authorization in Europe for BCG-unresponsive NMIBC CIS Johnson & Johnson's subcutaneous amivantamab received the FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for HPV-unrelated R/M SCCHN ImmunityBio's ANKTIVA® + BCG received conditional marketing authorization in Europe for BCG-unresponsive NMIBC CIS (Ref) The EC granted conditional marketing authorization to ImmunityBio's ANKTIVA® (nogapendekin alfa inbakicept) +

Highlights from the CHMP Jan 2026 Meeting are out! Indication Expansions 💊 Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine's niraparib & abiraterone acetate co-formulation (Akeega; PARP x CYP17 inhibitor) is indicated with prednisone or prednisolone in combination with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) and BRCA 1/2 mutations (germline and/or somatic) 💊 Incyte and Takeda's ponatinib (Iclusig

17/12/2025 Incyte's Minjuvi® received the EC approval for treatment of R/R Follicular Lymphoma J&J's RYBREVANT FASPRO™ received the FDA approval for the treatment of EGFR-mutated NSCLC pharmaand GmbH's Rubraca received the FDA full approval for the treatment of BRCA mutant mCRPC Perioperative pembro + enfortumab vedotin elicited significant benefit in MIBC Incyte's Minjuvi® received the EC approval for treatment of R/R Follicular Lymphoma (Ref) The European Commission granted

Highlights from the CHMP Dec 2025 Meeting are out! New Medicines 💊 Conditional marketing authorisation of ImmunityBio, Inc.'s nogapendekin alfa inbakicept (Anktiva: IL-15 superagonist complex) in combination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) for the treatment of adult patients with BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) with carcinoma in situ (CIS) with or without papillary tumours 💊 Jiangsu Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.’s aumolertinib (Aumseq

Highlights from the CHMP Nov 2025 Meeting are out! New Medicines 💊 Eli Lilly and Company's imlunestrant (Inluriyo: brain-penetrant oral ERα degrader) is indicated as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with ER+ve, HER2-ve, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer with an activating ESR1-mutation, who have disease progression following prior treatment with an endocrine based regimen. New Hybrid Medicines 💊 Accord Healthcare's enzalutamide (Enzalutamide Accord

Highlights from the CHMP Oct 2025 Meeting are out! Indication Expansions 💊 Bristol Myers Squibb's lisocabtagene maraleucel (Breyanzi; autologous CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapy) is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) after at least two lines of systemic therapy including a Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor 💊 CStone Pharmaceuticals and Ewopharma's sugemalimab (Cejemly; anti-PD-L1) as monotherapy is indi

19/09/2025 Merck & Co/MSD received positive EU CHMP Opinions for perioperative pembrolizumab regimen in SCCHN, and for subcutaneous administration (Ref) The EMA's CHMP adopted a positive opinion recommending the approval of Merck & Co./MSD's pembro (anti-PD-1) mono as a neoadjuvant Tx followed by adjuvant pembro + RT ± cisplatin after surgery, then pembro mono for resectable locally advanced SCCHN with PD-L1 CPS ≥1. The recommendation is based on results from the Ph3 KEYNOTE

Highlights from the CHMP Sep 2025 Meeting are out! New Biosimilars 💊 Teva Pharmaceuticals' Degevma (RANKL inhibitor; denosumab biosimilar) is indicated for prevention of skeletal related events (pathological fracture, radiation to bone, spinal cord compression or surgery to bone) in adults with advanced cancer involving bone and for the treatment of adults and skeletally mature adolescents with giant cell tumour of bone 💊 Reddy Holding GmbH's Xbonzy (RANKL inhibitor; denosu

Highlights from the CHMP July 2025 Meeting are out! New Medicines 💊 Servier's vorasidenib (Voranigo; IDH1/2 inhibitor) monotherapy for the treatment of predominantly non-enhancing Grade 2 astrocytoma or oligodendroglioma with an IDH1 R132 or IDH2 R172 mutation in adult and adolescent patients aged 12 years and older and weighing at least 40 kg who only had surgical intervention and are not in immediate need of radiotherapy or chemotherapy New Biosimilars 💊 Henlius' denosuma

04/07/2025 Imfinzi has been approved by the EC as a perioperative immunotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (Ref) AstraZeneca’s neoadjuvant durvalumab (Imfinzi; anti-PD-L1) in combination with gemcitabine and cisplatin followed by adjuvant durvalumab monotherapy after radical cystectomy for adult patients with resectable muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) has been approved in the EU The approval follows the positive CHMP opinion and is based on results from the Phas

Highlights from the CHMP June 2025 Meeting are out! New Medicines 💊 Cordex Biologics' (an ExCellThera company) dorocubicel (Zemcelpro; UM171 Cell Therapy) has been recommended for a conditional marketing authorisation for the treatment of adult patients with haematological malignancies requiring an allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation following myeloablative conditioning for whom no other type of suitable donor cells is available. Indication Expansions 💊 Exel

May 5th & June 1st Week ⭐ Regulatory Updates 🎯 China’s NMPA granted Priority Review to CARsgen Therapeutics’ satri-cel (CT041; an autologous, anti-CLDN18.2 CAR-T) for ≥3L aGC/GEJA pts (Ref 1) ❓ What is the current landscape of cell therapies in GC? 🎯 Autolus Therapeutics’ obe-cel (an autologous, anti-CD-19 CAR-T) received a positive CHMP opinion in the EU for the treatment of R/R B-ALL in adults, based upon Ph1/2 FELIX/NCT04404660 study results (Ref 2) ❓ What are the ap

Highlights from the CHMP May 2025 Meeting are out! ⭐ New Medicines 💊 Autolus Therapeutics' obecabtagene autoleucel (Aucatzyl; CD19 CAR-T cell therapy) for the treatment of adults from 26 years of age with R/R B cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia 👉 Positive opinion recommending the granting of a conditional marketing authorisation 💊 GSK's belantamab mafodotin (Blenrep; anti-BCMA ADC) for the treatment of adults with R/R multiple myeloma: 👉In combination with bort

Highlights from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) January 2025 Meeting are out! Here are the positive recommendations in the Oncology space (Ref 1): ⭐ New Therapies: 👉 AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo's datopotamab deruxtecan (TROP2-directed ADC) for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer (post-endocrine therapy + chemo) 👉 Pfizer, Zai Lab, and Genmab's tisotumab vedotin (tissue factor-di