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Oncology Updates - Key Oncology News
October 5th Week, 2025 Regulatory Events 🎯 The EC approved Merck & Co./ MSD's pembrolizumab (anti-PD-1) single agent as a neoadjuvant Tx followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab + RT ± cisplatin after surgery, and then as a single agent for adults with resectable LA SCCHN with PD-L1 CPS ≥1. (Ref 1) ❓ How is this approval expected to impact the treatment algorithm of LA SCCHN? Clinical Events 🔬 Merck & Co./MSD and Eisai US reported that the Phase 3 LITESPARK-011 trial of belzuti

Oncofocus Team
Nov 4, 20252 min read
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Oncology Updates - Key Oncology News
May 1st Week, 2025 Regulatory Events 🎯 Summit Therapeutics, Inc. and Akeso Biopharma’s ivonescimab (PD-1 x VEGF BsAb) mono has been approved in China for the 1L Tx of NSCLC with PD-L1 ≥1%. (Ref 1) ❓ When can we expect ivonescimab to receive the first approval in the key markets? 🎯 The UK’s MHRA approved Bristol Myers Squibb’s nivolumab (anti-PD-1) subcutaneous formulation for a broad range of cancers, including kidney, melanoma, lung, head and neck, bladder, colorectal,

Oncofocus Team
Jun 23, 20252 min read
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