Allarity announces enrolment of first patient in phase 2 clinical trial protocol of Stenoparib in advanced ovarian cancer

The newly launched protocol will accelerate the clinical development of stenoparib and its drug-specific Drug Response Predictor (DRP) companion diagnostic (CDx) toward potential FDA approval

Zydus to acquire Agenus’ US manufacturing facilities, forays into global biologics CDMO business

iNGENu CRO, Quantum BioPharma to launch Australian trial for chronic nociplastic pain in MCAS patients

The trial targets MCAS/MCAD, an under-recognized, debilitating condition with an unknown cause and no cure

Keytruda plus Trodelvy reduced risk of disease progression by 35% V/s Keytruda plus cchemothrapy in first-line PD-L1+ TNBC

First pivotal Phase 3 trial to show superiority of Keytruda plus a TROP2 antibody-drug conjugate, Trodelvy, versus standard of care in first-line metastatic TNBC

Merck’s MK-1084 shows antitumor activity in Phase 1 trial of patients with advanced colorectal cancer

Manageable safety profile and encouraging antitumor activity observed for MK-1084 in KANDLELIT-001, both as a monotherapy and in studied combinations

Merck withdraws Biologics License Application for Patritumab Deruxtecan

The decision to withdraw the BLA is based on topline overall survival (OS) results from the confirmatory HERTHENA-Lung02 Phase 3 trial where OS did not meet statistical significance

European Commission approves Merck’s Capvaxive for prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease

EC decision marks the fourth approval for CAPVAXIVE for pneumococcal vaccination in adults

AstraZeneca to invest $2.5 billion in new global strategic R&D centre in China

Investment includes biotech agreements with Harbour BioMed, Syneron Bio and BioKangtai

Zynext Ventures invests in Illexcor Therapeutics to advance novel oral therapy for sickle cell disease

Illexcor is developing a first-in-class oral drug that directly targets the root cause of SCD

Biocon Biologics announces positive results from Phase 3 study of Yesintek biosimilar to Ustekinumab for chronic plaque psoriasis

The study demonstrated equivalent efficacy, safety, immunogenicity, and pharmacokinetics between YESINTEK and the reference product Stelara