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Pharma & Biotech

Zydus gains regulatory milestone in $31.7bn Keytruda biosimilar market

The FDA has accepted FYB206, a proposed biosimilar to Merck's Keytruda, for review, with a decision potentially due in the third quarter of 2027. Zydus and Formycon pursued a streamlined development programme without a comparative Phase 3 efficacy trial, but approval, patent clearance and commercial launch remain separate hurdles.

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Features & Analysis

Why the next generation of antibody-drug conjugates is moving beyond simply finding new targets

Antibody-drug conjugates combine targeting antibodies with powerful cytotoxic payloads, but clinical performance increasingly depends on linker chemistry, drug-to-antibody ratio, payload properties and how the medicine behaves inside heterogeneous tumors.

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Pharma & Biotech

Can Keytruda plus Padcev replace cisplatin chemotherapy before bladder cancer surgery?

FDA approval moves Keytruda and Padcev into perioperative MIBC regardless of cisplatin eligibility, intensifying the contest for standard care.

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Cellares enters FDA PreCheck as Cell Shuttle moves from automation promise to regulatory proof

Find out how Cellares’ FDA PreCheck selection could reshape automated cell therapy manufacturing while leaving product approval risks intact.

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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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Features & Analysis

AstraZeneca and YMCA target the overlooked barriers delaying cancer screening in America

AstraZeneca is funding a five-year YMCA cancer initiative that will begin in 75 communities, but its impact will depend on whether education leads to completed screenings, clinical referrals and sustained survivor support.

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Pharma & Biotech

Antengene, K2 Therapeutics deal signals fresh momentum for solid tumor TCEs

Find out how Antengene’s ATG-106 licensing deal could shape the next phase of solid tumor T cell engager development.

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Pharma & Biotech

Voro and Alloy target safer masked T-cell engager therapies in oncology

Find out how Voro Therapeutics and Alloy Therapeutics aim to advance safer masked T-cell engager cancer therapies.

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Pharma & Biotech

LabGenius-LG Chem deal tests whether AI can improve solid-tumour treatment precision

Discover how LabGenius and LG Chem aim to use AI-designed multispecific antibodies to reduce solid-tumour toxicity and reshape oncology R&D.

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Pharma & Biotech

Why EMA orphan status gives Zai Lab’s zoci more than a regulatory credibility boost

Find out how Zai Lab’s zocilurtatug pelitecan could reshape DLL3-targeted cancer therapy as development risks remain.

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