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Oncology Updates - Key Oncology News
April 2nd Week, 2026 Regulatory Events 🎯 CARsgen Therapeutics Therapeutics’ satri-cel (Claudin18.2 targeted autologous CAR-T) is anticipated to be available in China by H1’26 for the treatment of patients with advanced gastric and gastroesophageal cancers (Ref 1) ❓ What is the current SOC for GEJ/GC in China? 🎯 The NDA for Duality Biologics and BioNTech SE's trastuzumab pamirtecan (T-Pam; HER2 ADC) has been accepted by China’s National Medical Products Administration f

Oncofocus Team
Apr 241 min read
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Oncology Updates - Key Oncology News
September 3rd Week, 2025 Regulatory Events 🎯 The US FDA approved Merck & Co/MSD’s Keytruda Qlex (subcutaneous injection of pembrolizumab and berahyaluronidase alfa) in adults across most solid tumor indications for Keytruda. (Ref 1) ❓ How is this SC injection positioned against other approved SC anti-PD(L)1s? 🎯 Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare approved Novocure's Optune Lua (tumor treating fields) for concurrent use with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors for the Tx of adu

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Sep 23, 20252 min read
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Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
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

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Sep 19, 20251 min read
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Oncology Updates - Key Oncology News
July 4th Week, 2025 Regulatory Events 🎯 The EC approved Bayer and Orion Pharma’s darolutamide (androgen receptor inhibitor) + androgen deprivation therapy for the Tx of metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer. (Ref 1) ❓ How is this approval going to impact the Tx paradigm of mHSPC? 🎯 The EC approved Roche's inavolisib (PIK3CA inhibitor) + palbociclib + fulvestrant for the Tx of PIK3CA-mutated, ER+ve, HER2-ve, LA/M breast cancer, following recurrence on or within 12

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Jul 29, 20252 min read
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Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
22/07/2025 Replimune's BLA for vusolimogene oderparepvec + nivo received a CRL from the US FDA (Ref) The US FDA issued a Complete Response Letter (CRL) regarding the BLA for Replimune's vusolimogene oderparepvec (RP1; herpes simplex virus engineered with a fusogenic protein (GALV-GP R-) and GM-CSF) + nivolumab for the treatment of advanced melanoma. The CRL highlighted that the FDA was unable to approve the application in its present form due to the following reasons: The Ph1

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Jul 23, 20251 min read
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