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Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
13/11/2025 Kura Oncology and Kyowa Kirin's ziftomenib received FDA approval for certain R/R AML pts (Ref) The US FDA granted full approval to Kura Oncology and Kyowa Kirin's ziftomenib (KOMZIFTI™; menin inhibitor) for adult patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with a susceptible NPM1 mutation who have no satisfactory alternative treatment options. Troy Wilson, President and CEO, Kura Oncology: “KOMZIFTI combines compelling efficacy, a favor

Oncofocus Team
Nov 14, 20251 min read


Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
11/08/2025 IO Biotech's Cylembio + pembrolizumab demonstrated clinical improvement in PFS as a first-line treatment of Melanoma, but statistical significance was narrowly missed (Ref) IO Biotech announced topline results from the pivotal Phase 3 IOB-013 trial of Cylembio (imsapepimut and etimupepimut, adjuvanted; IDO and PD-L1 vaccine) + pembrolizumab vs pembrolizumab alone as a first-line treatment of advanced melanoma. The combo demonstrated clinical improvement in PFS vs p

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Aug 12, 20251 min read


Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
08/08/2025 Boehringer Ingelheim's Hernexeos received accelerated approval from the US FDA for HER2-mutant advanced NSCLC (Ref) The US FDA granted accelerated approval to Boehringer Ingelheim's zongertinib (Hernexeos; kinase inhibitor) for adults with unresectable or metastatic non-squamous NSCLC whose tumors have HER2 TKD activating mutations, as detected by an FDA-approved test, and who have received prior systemic therapy. The approval is based on data from the Phase 1b Bea

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Aug 11, 20252 min read


Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
07/08/2025 ProteinQure's PQ203 received the Fast track designation for TNBC (Ref) The US FDA granted the Fast Track designation to ProteinQure's PQ203 (SORT1 targeting peptide drug conjugate) for the treatment of patients with triple negative breast cancer. ProteinQure also received regulatory clearance from both the US FDA and Health Canada to initiate a Phase 1 trial evaluating the safety, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and anti-cancer activity of PQ203 The Phase 1 stud

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Aug 8, 20251 min read


Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
06/08/2025 Jazz Pharmaceuticals' Modeyso received accelerated approval from the FDA for Recurrent H3 K27M-mutant Diffuse Midline Glioma (Ref) The US FDA granted accelerated approval to Jazz Pharmaceuticals' Modeyso™ (dordaviprone; oral antagonist of dopamine receptor D2 and agonist of ClpP) for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients 1 year of age and older with diffuse midline glioma harboring an H3 K27M mutation with progressive disease following prior therapy. Contin

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Aug 7, 20251 min read


Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
05/08/2025 Immutep received positive feedback from the FDA for the late-stage development of Eftilagimod Alfa in SCCHN (Ref) Immutep received positive and constructive feedback from the US FDA regarding future clinical development of eftilagimod alpha (soluble LAG-3 protein) as a first-line Tx of R/M SCCHN with PD-L1 CPS <1. Based on available data from cohort B of the Ph2b TACTI-003 trial of efti + pembro in R/M SCCHN with CPS <1, the FDA agreed on the potential of the comb

Oncofocus Team
Aug 6, 20251 min read


Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
04/08/2025 Alphamab's IND application for JSKN022 was accepted by China's CDE (Ref) Alphamab Oncology's IND application for JSKN022 (PD-L1 x integrin αvβ6 bispecific antibody-drug conjugate) has been accepted by the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). The company plans to initiate a first-in-human trial of JSKN022 for the treatment of advanced malignant solid tumors The Ph1 trial will evaluate the safety, tolerability, PK/P

Oncofocus Team
Aug 4, 20252 min read
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