08/04/2026 FDA Grants Orphan Drug Status to Plus Therapeutics’ REYOBIQ™ for Pediatric Malignant Gliomas FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to Compass Therapeutic’s Tovecimig for Biliary Tract Cancer FDA Grants Orphan Drug Status to Plus Therapeutics’ REYOBIQ™ for Pediatric Malignant Gliomas (Ref) Plus Therapeutics’ REYOBIQ™ (rhenium Re186 obisbemeda) has been granted orphan drug status for pediatric malignant gliomas, with scope expanded to include pediatric ependymoma Regula

April 1st Week, 2026 Regulatory Events 🎯 The EC approved Merck & Co./MSD's pembrolizumab (anti-PD-1) + paclitaxel ± bevacizumab for the Tx of platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal carcinoma in adults with PD-L1 CPS ≥1, and who have received one or two prior systemic Tx regimens (Ref 1) ❓ How is the regimen positioned in EU market landscape? Special Designations ⭐ The US FDA granted the breakthrough therapy designation to Fore Bioth

01/04/2026 Cogent completed the NDA submission for bezuclastinib in GIST A2 Bio's A2B543 CAR-T received the FDA fast track designation for certain solid tumors FORE Biotherapeutics' plixorafenib received the FDA breakthrough therapy designation for certain gliomas Cogent completed the NDA submission for bezuclastinib in GIST (Ref) Cogent Biosciences completed the NDA submission to the US FDA for bezuclastinib (KIT inhibitor) in patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (G

March 2nd Week, 2026 Regulatory Events 🎯 The EC has approved an indication extension for Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine's AKEEGA® (niraparib and abiraterone acetate dual action tablet) with prednisone or prednisolone in combination with androgen deprivation therapy, for the treatment of patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer and BRCA1/2 mutations (germline and/or somatic). (Ref 1) ❓ How do the outcomes of this regimen compare against the other appr

18/03/2026 Idience's venadaparib received the FDA fast track designation for gastric cancer FluoGuide's FG001 imaging agent received the FDA fast track designation for glioma Idience's venadaparib received the FDA fast track designation for gastric cancer (Ref) The US FDA granted the fast track designation to Idience's venadaparib (PARP inhibitor) for the treatment of gastric cancer. Lee Won-sik, CEO, Idience: “This Fast Track designation is highly meaningful in that the FDA

17/03/2026 CRISM Therapeutics' irinotecan received the FDA ODD for malignant glioma Voro Therapeutics and Daiichi Sankyo sign a research collaboration for Next-Generation Tumor-Activated ADCs Myriad Genetics' MyChoice CDx test received FDA approval as the companion diagnostic for Zejula CRISM Therapeutics' irinotecan received the FDA ODD for malignant glioma (Ref) The US FDA granted the Orphan Drug Designation to CRISM Therapeutics Corporation's irinotecan for the treatment o

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

12/03/2026 Aminex Therapeutics' AMXT 1501 received the FDA ODD for Glioma Aminex Therapeutics' AMXT 1501 received the FDA ODD for Glioma (Ref) The US FDA granted the orphan drug designation to Aminex Therapeutics' AMXT 1501 (polyamine transport inhibitor) + difluoromethylornithine for the treatment of malignant glioma, including diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). The Beat Childhood Cancer Research Consortium at Penn State College of Medicine, in partnership with Aminex,

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

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

August 2nd Week, 2025 Regulatory Events 🎯 The US FDA granted accelerated approval to Boehringer Ingelheim's zongertinib (kinase inhibitor) for previously treated, unresectable/metastatic non-sqNSCLC with HER2 TKD activating mutations. (Ref 1) ❓ What proportion of NSCLC patients have HER2 TKD activating mutations? 🎯 The US FDA granted accelerated approval to Jazz Pharmaceuticals' dordaviprone (DRD2 antagonist and ClpP agonist) for previously treated, H3 K27M-mutant, diff

Welcome to the May edition of our CGT Watch newsletter! CARsgen’s satri-cel priority review & Ph2 results; Autolus’ obe-cel positive CHMP opinion; BrainChild Bio’s BCB-276 RMAT; Gilead & Arcellx’s anito-cel Ph2 updated results; Senti Bio’s SENTI-202 updated Ph1 results; CARsgen’s CT0596 first-time Ph0 results; Artiva Bio’s AlloNK long-term Ph1/2 results; NeoImmuneTech’s NT-17 + CAR-T Ph1 topline results; Nkure and CRISPR Therapeutics partnership; Chong Kun Dang & AbClon part