May 3rd Week, 2026 Regulatory Events 🎯 Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co Ltd’s NDA for toripalimab (anti-PD-1) + RemeGen Biosciences’ disitamab vedotin (HER2 ADC) for patients with HER2-expressing LA/M urothelial carcinoma was approved by the NMPA. (Ref 1) ❓ What are the clinical outcomes that support this approval? Special Designations ⭐ The US FDA granted the Priority Review status to Bayer’s sevabertinib (HER2 TKI) for the first-line treatment of adult patients with LA/M

18/05/2026 Sacituzumab tirumotecan (Sac‑TMT) delivers survival benefit in advanced endometrial cancer, meeting OS and PFS endpoints over chemotherapy FDA grants Priority Review to Bayer’s HYRNUO® (sevabertinib) for first-line treatment of HER2-mutated NSCLC Sacituzumab tirumotecan (Sac‑TMT) delivers survival benefit in advanced endometrial cancer, meeting OS and PFS endpoints over chemotherapy (Ref) The Phase 3 TroFuse-005 study of sacituzumab tirumotecan (Sac‑TMT), a TROP2-d

24/11/2025 Avenzo Therapeutics' AVZO-103 received the FDA fast track designation for metastatic urothelial cancer (Ref) The US FDA granted the fast track desingation to Avenzo Therapeutics' AVZO-103 (Nectin4/TROP2 bispecific antibody-drug conjugate) for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who have previously received enfortumab vedotin. Mohammad Hirmand, M.D., Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer, Avenzo Therapeutics: “Receivi

November 1st Week, 2025 Regulatory Events 🎯 The US FDA approved Johnson & Johnson's Darzalex Faspro (daratumumab, an anti-CD38, and hyaluronidase) as a single agent treatment for adult patients with high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma (HR-SMM). (Ref 1) ❓ How is this approval expected to impact the treatment algorithm of this indication? Clinical Events 🔬 In the registrational cohort of the Phase 2 IOV-LUN-202/NCT04614103 trial, Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.’s lifileucel m

06/10/2025 Orca Bio's BLA for Orca-T accepted for Priority Review to treat Hematological Malignancies (Ref) The US FDA accepted Orca Bio's BLA seeking approval for Orca-T (allogeneic T-cell immunotherapy) as a treatment for hematological malignancies including acute myeloid leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes. Priority Review status has been granted with a PDUFA target action date of April 6, 2026 The BLA submission was based on positive resul

23/06/2025 Datroway has been approved in the US for locally advanced or metastatic EGFR-mutated NSCLC (Ref) The US FDA approved AstraZeneca and Daiichi's datopotamab deruxtecan (Datroway; TROP2 ADC) for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic EGFR-mutated NSCLC who have received prior EGFR-directed therapy and platinum-based chemotherapy. The indication is approved under accelerated approval based on ORR and DoR results from a subgroup analysis of

March 3rd Week, 2025 Regulatory Events 🎯 The US FDA granted traditional approval to Merck & Co./MSD’s pembrolizumab (anti-PD-1) + trastuzumab (anti-HER2) + fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemo for the first-line treatment of adults with locally advanced, unresectable/metastatic HER2+ve gastric/gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma with PD-L1 CPS ≥1 (Ref 1). The regimen was previously granted accelerated approval for this indication in May’21. ❓ Which other re

Highlights from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) January 2025 Meeting are out! Here are the positive recommendations in the Oncology space (Ref 1): ⭐ New Therapies: 👉 AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo's datopotamab deruxtecan (TROP2-directed ADC) for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer (post-endocrine therapy + chemo) 👉 Pfizer, Zai Lab, and Genmab's tisotumab vedotin (tissue factor-di