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Representative image: Samsung Bioepis’ SB27 Keytruda biosimilar trial results highlight a potentially important step toward lower-cost pembrolizumab competition in the global oncology market.
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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Representative image: An oncology specialist reviews lung scans and clinical trial data as Pfizer’s sigvotatug vedotin Phase 3 survival miss shifts attention to second-line patients, biomarker strategy and first-line combinations.
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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Representative image of a clinician reviewing kidney cancer scans, reflecting Merck & Co., Inc.’s FDA approval of Keytruda and Welireg combinations for adjuvant clear cell renal cell carcinoma treatment.
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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Representative image of a modern pathology laboratory where automated PD-L1 cancer diagnostic testing is supporting faster immuno-oncology treatment decisions, reflecting Agilent Technologies’ expanded FDA approval for PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx on the Dako Omnis platform.
Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Agilent wins FDA backing to move more Keytruda-linked PD-L1 testing onto Dako Omnis

Find out how Agilent’s expanded PD-L1 test approval could change automated cancer diagnostics and oncology lab workflows.

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Representative image of a lung cancer treatment setting, as OptiTROP-Lung05 data put sacituzumab tirumotecan at the centre of the first-line NSCLC immunotherapy debate.
Pharma & Biotech

Can TROP2 ADCs reshape first-line NSCLC after Kelun-Biotech’s OptiTROP-Lung05 win?

A TROP2 ADC just pushed past pembrolizumab alone in first-line lung cancer. See why OptiTROP-Lung05 matters now.

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Representative image: A clinician reviews bladder cancer imaging in a modern oncology setting, reflecting Merck’s KEYTRUDA plus Padcev EU regulatory milestone for cisplatin-ineligible muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients.
Pharma & Biotech

Why Merck’s CHMP win for KEYTRUDA plus Padcev matters in muscle-invasive bladder cancer

Merck’s bladder cancer push is moving earlier in Europe. KEYTRUDA plus Padcev could reset cisplatin-ineligible MIBC care.

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Representative image: Oncology researchers reviewing head and neck cancer imaging data, reflecting the clinical focus of Inhibrx Biosciences’ INBRX-106 HexAgon study update in first-line HNSCC and the broader immuno-oncology race to improve pembrolizumab-based treatment strategies.
Pharma & Biotech

Inhibrx’s HexAgon study may test whether smarter OX40 design can beat old failures

OX40 biology has promised more than it proved. Inhibrx now needs INBRX-106 to show pembrolizumab can work harder in HNSCC.

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Representative image: Advanced lung cancer research and oncology treatment planning are becoming central to the debate over whether Kelun-Biotech’s sacituzumab tirumotecan and pembrolizumab combination can reshape first-line NSCLC care.
Pharma & Biotech

Why Kelun-Biotech’s sac-TMT review could reshape China’s lung cancer ADC market

ADC ambition meets Keytruda dominance. Kelun-Biotech’s sac-TMT filing could test how far TROP2 combinations can move in lung cancer.

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Pharma & Biotech

How AIM ImmunoTech Inc. is positioning Ampligen to overcome checkpoint inhibitor resistance in ovarian cancer

Can AIM ImmunoTech Inc.’s Ampligen improve checkpoint inhibitor responses in ovarian cancer? Explore the Phase 2 findings and implications.

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