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Pharma & Biotech

Phanes’ spevatamig shows 40% response rate in mPDAC: How it compares to GnP standard

Phanes’ spevatamig + chemo combo shows 40% ORR in mPDAC. Find out why this bispecific antibody may change frontline pancreatic cancer treatment.

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Pharma & Biotech

Diamyd Medical fast-tracks type 1 diabetes Phase 3 trial after FDA alignment on earlier efficacy readout

Find out how Diamyd Medical is accelerating its type 1 diabetes Phase 3 trial after FDA alignment—what this means for approval, adoption, and risk.

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Pharma & Biotech

How Agenus is taking aim at cold tumors with Fc-enhanced anti-CTLA-4 therapy

Agenus sees 23% response rate in platinum-refractory ovarian cancer with BOT+BAL. Find out how this IO combo could reshape the treatment landscape.

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Pharma & Biotech

Janux Therapeutics advances masked EGFR T cell engager JANX008 into Phase 1 expansion

Janux Therapeutics pushes JANX008 into Phase 1 expansion across EGFR+ cancers. Discover how masking technology may shift the immunotherapy safety paradigm.

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Pharma & Biotech

Can TCR bispecifics unlock prostate cancer immunotherapy? Why Pfizer is backing Flagship and Repertoire

Flagship Pioneering has launched a new research program with Pfizer through its portfolio company Repertoire Immune Medicines, focused on the development of T cell receptor (TCR) bispecifics for metastatic prostate cancer. This marks the eighth initiative under the broader Flagship–Pfizer strategic alliance. The program will harness Repertoire’s DECODE platform to map immune synapse interactions and

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Pharma & Biotech

T-MAXIMUM’s MT027 clears FDA hurdle for glioblastoma in major step for solid tumor CAR-T

T-MAXIMUM’s MT027 CAR-T therapy for glioblastoma enters Phase II after FDA clearance. Find out what this means for solid tumor cell therapy.

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Pharma & Biotech

EMA backs ANKTIVA for bladder cancer: What it means for EU patients and future immunotherapies

ImmunityBio Inc. has received a positive recommendation from the European Medicines Agency for conditional marketing authorization of its immunotherapy ANKTIVA (nogapendekin alfa inbakicept) in combination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin for the treatment of BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer carcinoma in situ. The recommendation positions ANKTIVA as the first immunotherapy in the European Union for this indication,

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Pharma & Biotech

Can Diakonos Oncology’s DOC1021 reawaken immune response in refractory melanoma?

Diakonos Oncology Corporation has received over $7 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to initiate a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of its double-loaded dendritic cell therapy, DOC1021, in patients with refractory melanoma. The grant places the investigational therapy into its third solid tumor indication and signals rising institutional interest in immune-based

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Features & Analysis

Can next-gen immunotherapy combos finally crack the code in metastatic breast cancer?

The landscape of metastatic breast cancer treatment is facing a fundamental rethink, with the oncology field laser-focused on one of its greatest clinical challenges: how to break immune resistance and stop metastatic spread. Despite a wave of checkpoint inhibitor approvals and initial enthusiasm, progress in metastatic breast cancer—especially for subtypes like triple-negative and HER2-positive disease—has

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Pharma & Biotech

Will IFx-2.0 and TBS-2025 push TuHURA into the frontline of resistance-focused oncology?

TuHURA Biosciences, Inc. has announced a comprehensive corporate update that includes progress across three of its major immuno-oncology programs. The update covers the company’s lead asset IFx-2.0, currently in a Phase 3 trial in combination with pembrolizumab for advanced Merkel cell carcinoma; the next-stage development of TBS-2025, a VISTA-blocking monoclonal antibody being advanced for relapsed

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