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Pharma & Biotech

Keytruda generated $31.6bn last year. Cipla and Qilu are positioning a biosimilar for the U.S. market

Cipla’s Invagen has licensed U.S. rights to Qilu’s investigational pembrolizumab biosimilar QL2107, setting up a future challenge to Merck’s blockbuster Keytruda franchise.

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Pharma & Biotech

Lytix moves ruxotemitide toward registrational melanoma trial after FDA backs EFS endpoint

FDA raised no objection to a randomized Phase 3 comparing neoadjuvant ruxotemitide plus pembrolizumab with pembrolizumab alone and indicated that one well-controlled study could potentially support an NDA.

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Pharma & Biotech

Phanes Therapeutics advances CLDN18.2 and CD47 bispecific spevatamig in biliary tract cancer

FDA Fast Track gives spevatamig a faster regulatory path in biliary tract cancer as Phanes advances its Phase 2 and pembrolizumab strategy.

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Pharma & Biotech

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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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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Pharma & Biotech

Pfizer and Astellas secure wider FDA label for Padcev plus Keytruda in muscle-invasive bladder cancer

FDA expands Padcev plus Keytruda to adults with muscle-invasive bladder cancer regardless of cisplatin eligibility, reshaping perioperative care.

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Pharma & Biotech

Samsung Bioepis SB27 meets Phase 3 endpoint as Keytruda biosimilar competition accelerates

Read how Samsung Bioepis SB27’s positive Phase 1 and Phase 3 data could reshape the Keytruda biosimilar race and oncology access.

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Pharma & Biotech

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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Pharma & Biotech

Sigvotatug vedotin Phase 3 miss tests Pfizer’s case for integrin beta-6 targeted ADCs

Discover why Pfizer’s sigvotatug vedotin Phase 3 miss shifts attention to second-line patients, biomarkers and first-line combinations.

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Pharma & Biotech

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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