Gritstone bio Inc., entered into a clinical trial agreement with NCI to evaluate an autologous T-cell therapy expressing a T-cell receptor targeting mutated KRAS in combination with Gritstone’s KRAS-directed vaccine candidate, SLATE-KRAS, in a phase I study. The study will be led by Steven A. Rosenberg, chief of the surgery branch at NCI’s Center for Cancer Research.
MD Anderson Cancer Center and Xilis formed a strategic collaboration to use Xilis’ proprietary MicroOrganoSphere technology in support of preclinical research to accelerate the development of novel cancer therapies.
FDA approved Jemperli (dostarlimab-gxly) for adult patients with mismatch repair deficient recurrent or advanced endometrial cancer, as determined by an FDA-approved test, that has progressed on or following a prior platinum-containing regimen in any setting and are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation.
Absci Corporation and St. John’s Cancer Institute entered into a partnership to uncover breakthrough cancer therapies. The partnership will leverage Absci’s Integrated Drug Creation platform, which combines generative AI models and proprietary wet-lab technologies, and SJCI’s cancer biospecimen repository and molecular database to quickly identify new therapeutic candidates with the potential for higher probability of clinical success.
FDA granted accelerated approval to Jaypirca (pirtobrutinib) for relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) after at least two lines of systemic therapy, including a BTK inhibitor.
FDA approved Orserdu (elacestrant) for postmenopausal women or adult men with ER-positive, HER2-negative, ESR1-mutated advanced or metastatic breast cancer with disease progression following at least one line of endocrine therapy.
FDA granted first marketing clearance for RefleXion Medical’s SCINTIX biology-guided radiotherapy, a cutting-edge treatment applicable for early and late-stage cancers.
FLAG-003, an investigational small molecule therapy developed by FLAG Therapeutics Inc. for the treatment of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma—a rare, highly aggressive and difficult to treat brain tumor found in children—has been granted Rare Pediatric Disease designation from FDA.
FDA approved Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for adjuvant treatment following resection and platinum-based chemotherapy for stage 1B, 2, or 3A non-small cell lung cancer.
FDA approved Brukinsa (zanubrutinib) for chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma.
