04/11/2025 Merck and Blackstone enter into a $700M R&D funding agreement for Sacituzumab Tirumotecan ( Ref ) Merck & Co./MSD entered into an agreement to receive funds managed by Blackstone Life Sciences for the development of sacituzumab tirumotecan (sac-TMT; TROP2 ADC). Under the terms of the agreement, Blackstone will pay Merck $700 million (which is non-refundable, subject to termination provisions provided for in the agreement) to fund a portion of the development costs

October 2nd Week, 2025 Regulatory Events 🎯 The US FDA approved  Regeneron 's cemiplimab (PD-1 inhibitor) as an adjuvant Tx for adult patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma at high risk of recurrence after surgery and radiation. (Ref 1) ❓ How is this approval expected to impact the Tx paradigm of this indication? 🎯 The US FDA accepted for Priority Review  Orca Bio 's BLA seeking approval of Orca-T (allogeneic T-cell immunotherapy) as a Tx of hematological malignanci

06/10/2025 Orca Bio's BLA for Orca-T accepted for Priority Review to treat Hematological Malignancies ( Ref ) The US FDA accepted Orca...

07/08/2025 ProteinQure's PQ203 received the Fast track designation for TNBC ( Ref ) The US FDA granted the Fast Track designation to...

29/07/2025 Calidi Biotherapeutics' CLD-201 received the US FDA Fast Track Designation for soft tissue sarcoma ( Ref ) The US FDA granted...

Welcome to the April edition of our CGT Watch newsletter!   Autolus’ Aucatzyl’s UK approval; BrainChild Bio’s BCB-276 BTD; Lyell’s LYL314...