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Marengo Therapeutics has completed the Phase 1b safety run-in of its STARt-002 trial and determined the recommended Phase 2 dose for invikafusp alfa combined with Trodelvy in metastatic breast cancer patients.

Immuto Scientific closed an oversubscribed $8 million Seed 2 financing round led by DYDX to advance its AI-enabled structural surfaceomics platform for drug discovery.

Hengrui Medicine's Zemetostat received conditional approval from China's NMPA, becoming the country's first EZH2 inhibitor for treating relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

I-Mab appointed three seasoned biotech executives to key leadership positions, including Dr. Robert Lenz and Ms. Xin Liu to the Board of Directors and Dr. Ken Takeshita to the Scientific Advisory Board.

DelveInsight's 2025 pipeline analysis reveals 25+ companies developing 28+ therapies for gastrointestinal stromal tumors, indicating strong industry investment in this rare cancer space.

Merck and Daiichi Sankyo's ifinatamab deruxtecan received FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer patients who progressed after platinum-based chemotherapy.

The FDA has approved 84 drugs in 2025 so far, marking the second-highest total for this period despite major organizational changes including 3,500 staff layoffs.

DelveInsight's 2025 pipeline report reveals over 20 companies actively developing more than 20 innovative therapies for HER2-positive gastric cancer treatment.

Hiroyuki Okuzawa assumed leadership of Daiichi Sankyo two months ago, inheriting a company strengthened by three major pharmaceutical licensing deals worth up to $27 billion based on ADC technology.

AbbVie's antibody drug conjugate Temab-A achieved a 63% overall response rate in patients with advanced EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer in Phase I trial results presented at ASCO 2025.