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Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
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

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Dec 18, 20253 min read


Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
27/10/2025 Cellectar Biosciences' iopofosine I131 received the rare pediatric drug designation for pediatric high-grade glioma (Ref) The US FDA granted the rare pediatric drug designation (RPDD) to Cellectar Biosciences' iopofosine I131 in inoperable R/R pediatric high-grade glioma (pHGG). The FDA previously granted Orphan Drug Designation for iopofosine I 131 for the treatment of pHGG James Caruso, President and CEO, Cellectar: “Receiving Rare Pediatric Disease Designation f

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Nov 4, 20252 min read


Oncology Updates - Key Oncology News
August 3rd Week, 2025 Regulatory Events 🎯 Health Canada granted approval to Merck & Co./MSD's pembrolizumab (anti-PD-1) mono as a neoadjuvant treatment, then continued as adjuvant treatment in combination with RT +/- cisplatin and then as monotherapy for adult patients with resectable locally advanced HNSCC with PD-L1 CPS ≥1. (Ref 1) ❓ What were the clinical outcomes that supported the approval? Clinical Events 🔬 The Phase 3 KEYNOTE-905/EV-303 trial of Merck & Co./MSD's

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Aug 26, 20252 min read


Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
14/08/2025 Halda's HLD-0915 received the Fast Track Designation from the US FDA for mCRPC (Ref) The US FDA granted the Fast Track designation to Halda Therapeutics' HLD-0915 (androgen receptor-targeting RIPTAC) for the treatment of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). A Phase 1/2 trial of HLD-0915 in mCRPC is ongoing to evaluate the safety, tolerability, PK, PD, and anti-tumor activity Christian Schade, President and CEO, Halda Therapeutics:

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Aug 18, 20251 min read


Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
09/07/2025 Artera's ArteraAI Prostate received the Breakthrough Device designation from the US FDA (Ref) The US FDA granted the Breakthrough Device designation to Artera's ArteraAI Prostate (an AI precision medicine tool) intended to assist clinicians with risk-based decisions for patients with localized prostate cancer ArteraAI Prostate analyzes digital pathology images of the prostate cancer biopsy slide to prognosticate long-term outcomes, such as 10-yr risk of distant met

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Jul 10, 20251 min read


Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
18/06/2025 The Phase 3 IDeate-Prostate01 trial of ifinatamab deruxtecan has been initiated in pretreated, metastatic CRPC patients (Ref) The first patient has been dosed in the Phase 3 IDeate-Prostate01/NCT06925737 trial evaluating Daiichi Sankyo and Merck & Co./MSD's ifinatamab deruxtecan (I-DXd; B7-H3 ADC) vs docetaxel in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) with disease progression during or after treatment with an androgen receptor pathway

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Jun 23, 20251 min read


Oncology Updates - Key Oncology News
June 3rd Week, 2025 Regulatory Events 🎯 The US FDA approved the updated labelling of Pfizer’s talazoparib (PARP inhibitor) + enzalutamide (androgen receptor inhibitor) for mCRPC to include the final OS data for the combo’s existing indication for the Tx of HRR gene-mutated mCRPC, but did not expand the indication to include non-HRR gene mutated patients. (Ref 1) ❓ What were the key factors that influenced the FDA’s decision to not expand the indication? 🎯 The US FDA appr

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Jun 23, 20252 min read
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