The FDA approved oral decitabine and cedazuridine tablets plus venetoclax for newly diagnosed AML in patients 75 and older or those ineligible for intensive induction chemotherapy. The approval was supported by phase 1/2 ASTX727-07 data showing a 41.6% complete response rate.
New antibody-based approaches demonstrate clinical benefits across multiple cancer types, including improved survival in triple-negative breast cancer, enhanced tumor detection via PET imaging, and activity in relapsed mantle cell lymphoma.
The ASCENT-04 trial showed sacituzumab govitecan plus pembrolizumab improved progression-free survival in PD-L1-positive TNBC without increased toxicity. Meanwhile, experts debate whether ADCs function as targeted therapy or advanced chemotherapy, with sequencing questions remaining unresolved.
The FDA has accepted a new drug application for tirabrutinib, a BTK inhibitor, for relapsed/refractory primary central nervous system lymphoma under the accelerated approval pathway. The regulatory agency set a PDUFA target action date of December 18, 2026.
Alphamab Oncology dosed the first patient in its Phase III trial of JSKN003, a biparatopic HER2-targeting antibody-drug conjugate, for HER2-positive advanced colorectal cancer on February 14, 2026.
Alphamab Oncology has dosed the first patient in a Phase III study of JSKN003, a biparatopic HER2-targeting ADC, for HER2-positive advanced colorectal cancer. The drug demonstrated a 68.8% response rate in earlier trials.
