Aug 21, 2026
Moderna and Merck's personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, intismeran autogene, showed promising Phase 3 results in preventing melanoma recurrence. Combined with Keytruda, it cut recurrence risk by half and reduced spread by 59% in earlier data. The treatment could reach patients within two years pending regulatory approval.
Aug 20, 2026
Merck and Moderna's personalized mRNA cancer vaccine combined with Keytruda significantly reduced melanoma recurrence risk in a Phase 3 trial. The FDA has not yet approved the vaccine, with potential availability expected by early 2027.
Aug 19, 2026
Merck and Moderna announced that their personalized mRNA cancer vaccine intismeran, combined with Keytruda, slowed melanoma recurrence in a late-stage trial. It is the first randomized Phase 3 trial to prove the benefit of neoantigen vaccines.
Aug 12, 2026
Perspective Therapeutics plans May 2026 analyst event, Q1 results, and conference appearances. The radiopharmaceutical firm is advancing 212Pb-based therapies in Phase 1/2a trials and expanding facilities.
Aug 02, 2026
Moderna posted Q2 2026 revenue of $145 million and a GAAP net loss of $0.8 billion, while improving its 2026 spending outlook. Its norovirus candidate missed Phase 3 interim criteria, and mFLUSIVA faces an August 5 PDUFA decision.
Jul 27, 2026
A phase one trial of RSO-021 achieved disease control in 67% of relapsed mesothelioma patients. Other advances include daraxonrasib for NRAS-driven melanoma, an aneuploidy biomarker for PARP inhibitor response in childhood cancers, and new research into a cancer target and cholangiocarcinoma treatment.
Jul 25, 2026
Moderna shares fell 11% on Friday, eyeing their worst week since August 2025 after a June surge. An FDA panel voted 9-0 for its mRNA-1010 flu vaccine, with a decision due by August 5.
Aug 06, 2026
New research links gut microbiome composition to cancer immunotherapy outcomes. A 674-patient study showed gut bacteria predict melanoma recurrence with up to 94% accuracy, while other studies identified specific microbes influencing treatment response and resistance in melanoma and liver cancer.
Jun 09, 2026
A world-first clinical trial testing immunotherapy for glioblastoma has opened in the US. The GIANT trial will evaluate Nivolumab and Relatlimab before surgery, with results expected in about two years. Three patients have been enrolled so far.
Jun 28, 2026
FDA granted early access to a pancreatic cancer drug; final ARROW data for pralsetinib in RET+ NSCLC were published. A Sarah Cannon Research Institute official outlined a tissue-agnostic vision and highlighted new oncology research.
Jul 27, 2026
KEYNOTE-942 five-year data: intismeran autogene plus Keytruda reduced melanoma recurrence risk by 49% and kept 68.8% of patients cancer-free versus 49.1% with Keytruda alone. Distant metastasis or death risk fell 59%.
Jul 05, 2026
A phase 2 trial showed neoadjuvant pembrolizumab achieved a 71% pathological complete response rate in resectable desmoplastic melanoma. A real-world study found ipilimumab monotherapy after anti-PD-1 progression yielded an ORR of 10.8% and median OS of 7.6 months in advanced melanoma.
Aug 08, 2026
Recent studies have uncovered new cancer therapeutic targets and strategies, including self-assembling antibody-drug conjugates, a dual-action metabolic drug, and a BRAF protein structure. Research also advanced on dendritic cell vaccines, the origins of a rare childhood leukemia, and cancer cachexia treatment.
Jul 11, 2026
The GE HealthCare-Mayo MI-BET collaboration advances biomarker-guided prostate cancer therapy. The precision oncology market, valued at $122.6B in 2025, is projected to reach $317.2B by 2034, fueled by genomics and targeted treatments.
Jun 21, 2026
New clinical data for ANKTIVA immunotherapy in lung cancer, a study on EBV-driven resistance via ADAR1 RNA editing, and research on microbiome metabolites modulating immunotherapy response were presented at major conferences and in recent publications.
Jun 18, 2026
Immune checkpoint inhibitors are associated with a significantly lower risk of non-neovascular age-related macular degeneration, while sociodemographic disparities strongly influence diabetic retinopathy screening adherence, according to two separate ophthalmology studies.
Jun 12, 2026
Personalized mRNA vaccines showed promise in pancreatic cancer trials with 7 of 16 patients in remission after five years. Stage 2 melanoma patients saw a 50% decreased death risk with personalized mRNA vaccines. U.S. funding cuts and policy shifts have stalled domestic mRNA cancer research while companies move trials abroad.
Jun 11, 2026
Long-term data from ASCO 2026 shows the personalized cancer vaccine Intismeran Autogene, combined with Keytruda, reduces recurrence or death risk by 49% in high-risk melanoma patients. Developed by MSD and Moderna, the vaccine uses AI to select neoantigens from a patient's tumor and mRNA technology to create a personalized treatment. The results signal a major advance for a field that had struggled for decades, spurring similar development efforts by other companies.
May 17, 2026
ImmunityBio said the Saudi FDA encouraged submission of a regulatory package for recombinant BCG and opened talks on expanding ANKTIVA with checkpoint inhibitors to additional tumor types. The company expects to file the rBCG package within weeks.
May 07, 2026
Cancer care is being transformed by targeted therapy, immunotherapy, personalized medicine, and emerging mRNA-based universal cancer vaccines. Advances in immunotherapeutics and cellular therapies are improving survival rates, while an off-the-shelf mRNA vaccine from the University of Florida is already in human trials.