September 1st Week, 2025 Regulatory Events 🎯 China’s NMPA approved Boehringer Ingelheim’s zongertinib (HER2-selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor) monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC whose tumors have activating HER2 mutations and who have received at least one line of prior systemic therapy. (Ref 1) ❓ What is the development status of the regimen in other key geographies? Clinical Events 🔬 The pivotal Phase

August 4th Week, 2025 Regulatory Events 🎯 The EC approved BeOne Medicines' tislelizumab (anti-PD-1) + platinum-containing chemo as neoadjuvant Tx followed by tislelizumab monotherapy as adjuvant Tx for resectable NSCLC at high risk of recurrence. (Ref 1) ❓ How is BeOne’s regimen positioned compared to other approved perioperative options? Clinical Events 🔬 Per final analysis of the Phase 3 HARMONi-A trial, a statistically significant and clinically meaningful OS benef

August 4th Week, 2025 Regulatory Events 🎯 Health Canada issued a NOC/c for Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.'s lifileucel (autologous TIL therapy) for adult patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma that has progressed on or after at least one prior systemic therapy including an anti-PD-1, and if BRAF V600 mutant, BRAF inhibitor ± MEK inhibitor, and who have no satisfactory alternative treatment options. (Ref 1) ❓ How is this approval going to impact the Melanoma treat

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

13/08/2025 Merck's perioperative Keytruda regimen received approval in Canada for resectable HNSCC with PD-L1 CPS ≥1 (Ref) 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. The approval is based on results from the Phase 3 KEYNOTE-689 trial in

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

August 1st Week, 2025 Regulatory Events 🎯 AbbVie submitted a sNDA to the US FDA for AbbVie and Roche’s venetoclax (BCL-2 inhibitor) + acalabrutinib (fixed-duration, all-oral combo) in previously untreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. (Ref 1) ❓ What are the combo’s pros and cons vs approved CLL therapies? Clinical Events 🔬 Eli Lilly and Company’s Phase 3 BRUIN CLL-314 trial of pirtobrutinib (non-covalent, reversible BTK inhibitor) vs ibrutinib (covalent

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

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

18/07/2025 ImCheck’s ICT01 received the Orphan Drug Designation for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (Ref) The US FDA granted the Orphan Drug Designation to ImCheck Therapeutics' ICT01 (anti-BTN3A) for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia Stephan Braun, CMO, ImCheck Therapeutics: "Receiving FDA orphan drug designation for ICT01 is a significant recognition of ICT01’s innovative therapeutic potential to meet the urgent unmet medical needs of AML patients. This important regulatory m

July 3rd Week, 2025 Regulatory Updates 🎯 Corcept Therapeutics submitted an NDA to the US FDA for relacorilant (selective cortisol modulator) to treat patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. (Ref 1) ❓ What are the clinical outcomes that support the NDA submission? Special Designations ⭐ The US FDA granted the Priority Review to Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine’s TAR-200 (intravesical gemcitabine releasing system) for the Tx of BCG unresponsive high-risk non-

17/07/2025 Johnson & Johnson received Priority Review for TAR-200 from the US FDA in high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (Ref) The US FDA granted Priority Review to Johnson & Johnson's NDA filed for TAR-200 (intravesical gemcitabine releasing system) for the treatment of BCG-unresponsive, high-risk NMIBC with carcinoma in situ (CIS), with or without papillary tumors. The filing was based on results from the Phase 2b SunRISe-1 trial which demonstrated a CR of 82.4% wi

15/07/2025 The first patient has been enrolled in the Phase 3 HARMONi-GI6 trial of ivonescimab + chemo in CRC (Ref) The first patient has been successfully enrolled in the registration Phase 3 AK112-312/HARMONi-GI6 trial of Akeso and Summit's ivonescimab (PD-1 x VEGF BsAb) in first-line treatment for advanced metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) The trial is evaluating ivonescimab + FOLFOXIRI vs bevacizumab + FOLFOXIRI Primary completion date: Jan'27

14/07/2025 Henlius’ Ph3 trial of HLX22 combo has dosed the first HER2+ GC patient in the US (Ref) Shanghai Henlius Biotech announced the dosing of the first patient in the US in Phase 3 HLX22-GC-301 international, multicentre trial of HLX22 (anti-HER2) + trastuzumab + chemotherapy vs trastuzumab + chemotherapy ± pembrolizumab as a first-line Tx for HER2+ve, locally advanced or metastatic gastroesophageal junction cancer and gastric cancer The primary endpoints of this study a

July 2nd Week, 2025 Regulatory Updates 🎯 The EC approved BeOne Medicines' tislelizumab (anti-PD-1) + gemcitabine + cisplatin for the first-line Tx of metastatic or recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), not amenable to curative surgery or radiotherapy. (Ref 1) ❓ What are the other key Asia-specific trials emerging in this indication? 🎯 The UK’s MHRA granted marketing authorization to ImmunityBio, Inc.'s nogapendekin alfa inbakicept-pmln (lymphocyte-stimulating agent

11/07/2025 Cel-Sci to partner with a leading Saudi Arabian pharma company for Multikine in the Tx of Head & Neck Cancer (Ref) Cel-Sci Corporation announced an agreement with one of Saudi Arabia’s premier pharmaceutical and healthcare companies for a partnership that spans regulatory and commercial activities for Multikine (Leukocyte Interleukin, Injection) in the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia The Saudi pharmaceutical partner which will file a Breakthrough Medicine Designation appl

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

08/07/2025 Adagene and ConjugateBio sign a partnership agreement to develop novel ADC (Ref) Adagene announced a partnership with ConjugateBio to provide a proprietary antibody for use in partner companies’ bispecific ADC development programs Under the terms of the agreement, Adagene will receive an undisclosed upfront payment, as well as milestone and royalty payments Adagene will provide an internally developed antibody for novel bispecific ADC development Adagene retains al

07/07/2025 SIR-Spheres® Y-90 Resin Microspheres received FDA approval for HCC (Ref) The US FDA approved Sirtex Medical's SIR-Spheres Y-90 resin microspheres for the Tx of unresectable HCC The approval is based on the results from the prospective, multi-center, open-label DOORwaY90 trial DOORwaY90 met its prespecified primary endpoints with a ORR of 98.5%; the median DoR exceeded 300 days Matt Schmidt, CEO, Sirtex: "The expanded indication makes SIR-Spheres® the only Y-90 tr

⭐ Summit Therapeutics, Inc. has reportedly been in partnership discussions with AstraZeneca and other major pharma companies for its sole asset, Ivonescimab (PD-1xVEGF BsAb) (Ref 1). ⭐ The potential deal, which could be valued at a staggering ~$15 billion (or higher?), would give a significant return on investment for Summit, which acquired the rights to ivonescimab from Akeso Biopharma in Dec 2022 in a transaction worth up to $5 billion, with a $500 million upfront payment (