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Pharma & Biotech

Pfizer’s BRAFTOVI triplet shows 64% response in first-line BRAF-mutant colorectal cancer

Pfizer’s BRAFTOVI triplet hit a 64% response rate in BRAF-mutant colorectal cancer. Find out what this could mean for first-line treatment standards.

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Pharma & Biotech

Why Naveris’s NavDx performance outcomes could alter HPV cancer follow‑up standards

See how Naveris’s NavDx ctHPV DNA results are reshaping HPV cancer surveillance and what this means for clinicians, payers, and precision oncology adoption.

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Pharma & Biotech

HUTCHMED’s fanregratinib wins priority review in China for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

HUTCHMED (China) Limited announced on December 29, 2025, that China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has accepted its New Drug Application (NDA) for fanregratinib (HMPL-453) with priority review for second-line treatment of adult patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma harboring FGFR2 fusion or rearrangement. The NDA submission is based on a Phase II registration study in China

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Features & Analysis

Is BRCA the new EGFR? Why germline mutations are reshaping prostate cancer treatment strategies

The recent FDA approval of Rubraca (rucaparib) for pre-chemotherapy use in BRCA-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer marks a strategic inflection for the field. This expanded indication, driven by head-to-head superiority over docetaxel in the TRITON3 Phase 3 trial, positions BRCA mutations as the first molecular biomarker in prostate cancer to carry actionable, label-defining weight in

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Pharma & Biotech

Is BRCA the new EGFR? Why germline mutations are reshaping prostate cancer treatment strategies

Rubraca’s FDA approval before chemo in BRCA-mutated prostate cancer could reshape precision treatment. See what this changes for mCRPC strategy.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

What the TRACERx study reveals about Personalis’ MRD technology in NSCLC

Personalis, Inc. has reported pivotal findings from its NeXT Personal assay in a new Cell publication, highlighting the test’s ability to detect molecular residual disease in stage I to III non-small cell lung cancer. The study, part of the TRACERx initiative and led by Professor Charles Swanton of the Francis Crick Institute and University College

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Pharma & Biotech

How Indivumed’s biospecimen strategy is powering functional tumor model development

Indivumed GmbH and the Wilmot Cancer Institute at the University of Rochester Medical Center have expanded their collaboration to accelerate the development of patient-derived tumor models and AI-informed therapeutic discovery for solid tumors with high unmet clinical need. What this collaboration changes for the cancer model ecosystem The expansion of the Indivumed and University of

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Pharma & Biotech

Proton therapy delivers survival gain in head and neck cancer: Could this Lancet trial shift payer and policy resistance?

A new phase III clinical trial published in The Lancet has shown that proton therapy significantly improves overall survival and reduces treatment-related toxicities in patients with oropharyngeal cancers compared to traditional photon-based radiation. Conducted across 21 U.S. institutions and led by researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the study is the

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Pharma & Biotech

Can Guardant Health and Trial Library fix the clinical trial inclusion gap with AI and genomics?

Guardant Health and Trial Library team up to improve cancer trial access using AI and genomic data. Discover how this could reshape enrollment and equity in oncology.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Guardant and Gemelli bring precision oncology in-house: What it means for EU care delivery

Guardant Health brings its Guardant360 CDx test to Policlinico Gemelli in Italy. Find out how in-house liquid biopsy could reshape cancer diagnostics in Europe.

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