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Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
01/12/2025 Cullinan Therapeutics' CLN-049 received the FDA fast track designation for R/R Acute Myeloid Leukemia Astellas Pharma and Pfizer's Type II variation application for perioperative enfortumab vedotin + pembro has been valiated by the EMA Cullinan Therapeutics' CLN-049 received the FDA fast track designation for R/R Acute Myeloid Leukemia ( Ref ) The US FDA granted the fast track designation to Cullinan Therapeutics' CLN-049 (FLT3 x CD3 bispecific T cell engager) for
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Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
21/11/2025 Pembrolizumab + enfortumab vedotin received the FDA approval for MIBCÂ ( Ref ) The US FDA granted approval to Merck & Co./MSD pembrolizumab (anti-PD-1; both IV and SC formulations) in combination with Pfizer and Astellas' enfortumab vedotin (Nectin-4 ADC) as a neoadjuvant treatment and then continued after cystectomy as adjuvant treatment, for the treatment of adult patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) who are ineligible for cisplatin-based chemothera
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Nov 261 min read
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Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
29/10/2025 Merck's perioperative Keytruda regimen received approval from the EC for LA SCCHN with PD-L1 CPS ≥1 ( Ref ) The European Commission (EC) has approved Merck & Co./MSD's pembrolizumab (anti-PD-1) single agent as a neoadjuvant Tx followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab + RT with or without cisplatin after surgery, and then as a single agent for adults with resectable locally advanced SCCHN with PD-L1 CPS ≥1. The approval follows a positive CHMP opinion, and is based on res
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Nov 42 min read
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Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
13/10/2025 Bicara Therapeutics' ficerafusp alfa + pembro received the breakthrough therapy designation for PD-L1 CPS ≥1, R/M SCCHN pts excluding HPV+ve OSCC ( Ref ) The US FDA granted the breakthrough therapy designation to Bicara Therapeutics' ficerafusp alfa (EGFR x TGF-β bifunctional antibody) in combination with pembrolizumab for the first line treatment of patients with R/M HNSCC whose tumors express PD-L1 CPS ≥1, excluding HPV+ve oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. T
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Oct 142 min read
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Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
08/10/2025 Regeneron's cemiplimab has been approved by the US FDA for the adjuvant Tx of CSCCÂ ( Ref ) The US FDA approved Regeneron...
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Oct 92 min read
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Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
19/09/2025 Merck & Co/MSD received positive EU CHMP Opinions for perioperative pembrolizumab regimen in SCCHN, and for subcutaneous...
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Sep 242 min read
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CHMP Updates - September'25
Highlights from the CHMP Sep 2025 Meeting are out! New Biosimilars 💊 Teva Pharmaceuticals ' Degevma (RANKL inhibitor; denosumab...
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Sep 232 min read
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Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
04/09/2025 Eli Lilly and Company's olomorasib in combination with Keytruda received the FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation...
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Sep 51 min read
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Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
25/08/2025 Quest Diagnostics' Haystack MRD® test received the Breakthrough Device Designation from the FDA for colorectal cancer ( Ref )...
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Aug 262 min read
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Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
13/08/2025 Merck's perioperative Keytruda regimen received approval in Canada for resectable HNSCC with PD-L1 CPS ≥1 ( Ref ) Health...
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Aug 142 min read
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Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
12/08/2025 Perioperative pembrolizumab + enfortumab vedotin significantly improved EFS, OS and pCR in cisplatin-ineligible MIBC ( Ref )...
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Aug 131 min read
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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...
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Aug 121 min read
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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...
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Aug 61 min read
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Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
30/07/2025 Phase 3 COSTAR Lung trial of dostarlimab + docetaxel ± cobolimab failed to meet the OS endpoint in previously treated NSCLC (...
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Jul 311 min read
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Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
12/06/2025 MAIA Biotechnology and Roche announce a master clinical supply agreement for hard-to-treat cancer therapies ( Ref ) MAIA...
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Jun 202 min read
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Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
15/05/2025 Another TIGIT agent fails as iTeos and GSK terminate the belrestotug development program based on disappointing NSCLC and...
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May 152 min read
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Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
29/04/2025 ALX Oncology’s Phase 2 ASPEN-03 & ASPEN-04 trials failed to meet the primary endpoint of ORR ( Ref 1 ) ALX Oncology hit with a...
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Apr 292 min read
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FOUR Pivotal Trials Could Redefine The First-Line Melanoma Treatment Landscape in 2025
The first-line metastatic Melanoma market is currently dominated by immune checkpoint inhibitors—BMS' Opdivo + Yervoy, Opdualag, Opdivo,...
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Feb 73 min read
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Understanding Bladder Cancer: An Infographic Overview
Bladder cancer is the most common malignancy of the urinary tract. As of 2022, Bladder Cancer had an incidence of 614,298 patients...
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May 28, 20241 min read
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Understanding Esophageal Cancer: An Infographic Overview
Esophageal cancer is the fourteenth most commonly diagnosed cancer and the eighth leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. The...
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Apr 25, 20241 min read
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