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Pharma & Biotech

Can Bio-Thera’s BAT8013 turn regulatory T-cell depletion into a workable solid-tumor strategy?

Bio-Thera has dosed the first patient in BAT8013’s Phase 1 trial. See why safety, Treg selectivity and dose choice will decide its future.

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ASCO 2026: Tubulis set to present maturing Phase I/IIa data on TUB-040 exatecan ADC in PROC

Tubulis presents updated TUB-040 Phase I/IIa data at ASCO 2026. Here is what the NAPISTAR 1-01 readout means for NaPi2b and ovarian cancer treatment.

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Can bispecific ADCs give NEOK Bio a more credible route into solid tumor drug development?

NEOK Bio unveiled AACR 2026 data for NEOK001 and NEOK002. Read how its bispecific ADC strategy could reshape solid tumor competition.

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Pharma & Biotech

Avacta’s pre|CISION exatecan conjugate reaches Phase 1 as competition in targeted topo I inhibitors intensifies

Avacta opens Phase 1 trial of FAP-Exd (AVA6103) in four advanced solid tumors. Analysis of what the sustained-release exatecan conjugate must prove in 2026.

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Avacta Therapeutics (LSE: AVCT) advances FAP-targeting drug conjugate AVA6103 into Phase 1: What’s at stake?

Avacta Therapeutics (LSE: AVCT) has received Investigational New Drug (IND) clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration for AVA6103 (also known as FAP-Exd), its second clinical-stage asset developed using the company’s proprietary pre|CISION platform. The IND clearance enables the start of a Phase 1 trial evaluating the safety, tolerability, and dose parameters of

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Lilly’s sofetabart mipitecan gets FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation for ovarian cancer

Eli Lilly and Company has received Breakthrough Therapy designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its investigational antibody-drug conjugate, sofetabart mipitecan, also known as LY4170156. The designation applies to adult patients with platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer who have received prior treatment with bevacizumab and mirvetuximab soravtansine. The novel

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