What Neurizon’s entry into the HEALEY ALS trial means for the future of NUZ-001

What Neurizon’s entry into the HEALEY ALS trial means for the future of NUZ-001

Neurizon Therapeutics Limited has received clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration for its investigational therapy NUZ-001 to be included in the HEALEY ALS Platform Trial, a globally recognized adaptive trial framework for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The decision formally designates NUZ-001 as Regimen I in the platform, allowing clinical site activation and study […]

Proton therapy delivers survival gain in head and neck cancer: Could this Lancet trial shift payer and policy resistance?

Proton therapy delivers survival gain in head and neck cancer: Could this Lancet trial shift payer and policy resistance?

A new phase III clinical trial published in The Lancet has shown that proton therapy significantly improves overall survival and reduces treatment-related toxicities in patients with oropharyngeal cancers compared to traditional photon-based radiation. Conducted across 21 U.S. institutions and led by researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the study is the […]

Can Akeso’s cadonilimab unlock PD-L1-agnostic immunotherapy for gastric cancer patients?

Can Akeso’s cadonilimab unlock PD-L1-agnostic immunotherapy for gastric cancer patients?

Akeso Inc. has secured clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration to initiate COMPASSION-37, a global Phase III trial evaluating cadonilimab, a first-in-class PD-1/CTLA-4 bispecific antibody, as part of a first-line treatment regimen for HER2-negative, unresectable or metastatic gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma. The randomized, multicenter trial will compare cadonilimab plus chemotherapy against […]

Marengo’s Invikafusp alfa shows early promise in metastatic breast cancer with dual-immunotherapy and ADC combination

Marengo’s Invikafusp alfa shows early promise in metastatic breast cancer with dual-immunotherapy and ADC combination

Marengo Therapeutics has presented early-stage results from its STARt-002 clinical trial evaluating invikafusp alfa (Invika), a novel T cell immunotherapy candidate, in combination with sacituzumab govitecan (TRODELVY), an antibody-drug conjugate developed by Gilead Sciences. The data, shared during a late-breaking presentation at the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, highlight the safety, pharmacodynamic activity, and […]

Can Peijia Medical’s TaurusTrio system finally solve the AR treatment gap in China?

Can Peijia Medical’s TaurusTrio system finally solve the AR treatment gap in China?

Peijia Medical has received regulatory approval from the National Medical Products Administration of China for the TaurusTrio Transcatheter Aortic Valve system, a dedicated device for the treatment of native symptomatic severe aortic regurgitation. Developed under an exclusive license from JenaValve Technology, the system is based on the latter’s Trilogy Transcatheter Heart Valve platform and represents […]

Could utrophin become the next frontier in DMD care? Inside Ractigen’s RNAa push

Could utrophin become the next frontier in DMD care? Inside Ractigen’s RNAa push

Ractigen Therapeutics has initiated human testing of RAG-18, a novel small activating RNA (saRNA) therapeutic candidate for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), by dosing the first patient in an investigator-initiated trial at Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing. The study is being led by Professor Dai Yi, a recognized expert in neuromuscular disorders, and will […]

How KVP International’s SafePath-IVD buy could reshape veterinary and human diagnostics

How KVP International’s SafePath-IVD buy could reshape veterinary and human diagnostics

KVP International has announced the acquisition of SafePath Laboratories and IVD Research, a diagnostics manufacturer and contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) provider headquartered in Carlsbad, California. With this move, KVP International aims to strengthen its footprint in veterinary diagnostics while unlocking the potential to expand into human health markets. This acquisition provides KVP International […]

Could NanOlogy’s targeted intratumoral cisplatin rewrite the outlook for DIPG in children?

Could NanOlogy’s targeted intratumoral cisplatin rewrite the outlook for DIPG in children?

NanOlogy, LLC, a Texas-based clinical-stage oncology company, has announced the launch of a drug development program focused on diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, known as DIPG, a universally fatal pediatric brainstem tumor. The company is advancing Large Surface Area Microparticle Cisplatin, or LSAM-cisplatin, designed for stereotactic intratumoral administration in children. Investigational New Drug–enabling studies are underway, […]