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Merck is licensing alimatravir before Phase 3 ends. Can a monthly HIV pill beat the access clock?

Merck’s alimatravir access plan covers 129 countries, but Phase 3 efficacy, pricing and regulatory execution will decide its HIV PrEP impact.

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Gilead’s Trodelvy cleared a key EU hurdle, but can it really replace chemotherapy in first-line TNBC?

CHMP backs Trodelvy plus Keytruda for first-line PD-L1-positive metastatic TNBC, moving Gilead closer to an expanded EU label.

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Scancell secures path to $89m financing through Neuphoria Therapeutics merger

Scancell will acquire Neuphoria Therapeutics and pursue up to $89 million to fund the Phase 3 iSCIB1+ melanoma trial through 2028.

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Can one HIV pill a week replace daily therapy? Gilead and Merck’s Phase 3 data raise the stakes

Gilead and Merck’s weekly HIV pill preserved suppression in two Phase 3 trials, strengthening the case for regulatory filings.

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Why Kelun-Biotech’s latest sac-TMT Phase III result could matter more than the headline suggests

Kelun-Biotech reports improved Phase III PFS with sac-TMT plus pembrolizumab, while survival and detailed safety data remain pending.

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Multikine is back in Phase 3, but can CEL-SCI turn a striking subgroup signal into approval?

CEL-SCI launches a 212-patient Multikine Phase 3 study, but subgroup validation, funding and regulatory execution remain decisive.

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Can Merck’s IDVYNSO agreement widen HIV treatment access across state programmes?

See how Merck’s IDVYNSO ADAP agreement could widen HIV treatment access while pricing, formularies and clinical limits shape uptake.

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Merck and Gilead secure FDA approval for a new ADC-immunotherapy backbone in advanced TNBC

The new regimen replaces conventional chemotherapy with a Trop-2-directed antibody-drug conjugate while retaining PD-1 blockade, offering longer disease control but leaving overall survival, sequencing and cost questions unresolved.

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Gilead expands Trodelvy into first-line metastatic TNBC, but survival questions remain unresolved

The decision gives clinicians a Trodelvy-based option for patients who cannot receive checkpoint inhibitors and a Trodelvy plus Keytruda regimen for PD-L1-positive disease. The immediate clinical impact is substantial, although immature overall-survival data, toxicity management and treatment cost will influence how rapidly the new pathways displace chemotherapy.

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Merck moves Welireg earlier as FDA clears Keytruda combinations in high-risk ccRCC

Find out how Merck’s Keytruda and Welireg approval could reshape adjuvant clear cell renal cell carcinoma treatment.

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