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All 9 patients treated with BB-301 gene therapy met formal response criteria for improved swallowing in an ongoing OPMD trial.

Etentamig cut the risk of progression or death by 60% vs standard therapies in the phase 3 CERVINO trial of triple-class exposed myeloma.

Adalvo’s purchase of Enzene’s Nplate biosimilar program extends it into biologics and moves Enzene toward a CDMO-only model.

At AAPS PharmSci 360, Thermo Fisher Scientific scientists described how predictive modeling guides technology selection for poorly soluble drugs, and outlined plans to bring solvent-free KinetiSol technology to commercial scale in 2027.

Speaking at AAPS PharmSci 360, Dr Stephanie Johnson, a principal formulation scientist at Pfizer, details how platform formulations save time before commitment, shift risk downstream, and what AI tools need to earn trust.

BMS and SystImmune’s bispecific ADC iza-bren nearly doubles progression-free survival in EGFR-mutated lung cancer, GSK and Hansoh’s B7-H3 ADC Ris-Rez extends progression-free survival in relapsed osteosarcoma, and Immatics’ TCR bispecific IMA402 posts a 32% response rate in PRAME-high tumors.

Phase 1b data at ESMO 2026 show the TCR-based T-cell engager produced durable responses in PRAME-high melanoma, with 91% of patients alive at one year in the recommended dose range.

In two small phase 1b trials, the half-life-extended bispecific antibody improved skin disease and reduced airway inflammation. Aclaris will move next into a Phase 2b trial in eosinophilic esophagitis.

Risvutatug rezetecan extended median progression-free survival to 5.5 months vs 1.4 months with chemotherapy in pretreated osteosarcoma.

Izalontamab brengitecan extended median progression-free survival to 11.1 months vs 5.7 months with chemotherapy after EGFR TKI failure.

Merck and Kelun’s sac-TMT extends overall survival in pretreated endometrial cancer, Bristol Myers Squibb reports interim data and a patient death in its phase 1 CAR-T trial in multiple sclerosis, and BioNTech and DualityBio’s HER2 ADC meets its phase 3 goal but with limited expected benefit.

This year's PharmSci 360 will close with a plenary on fixing drug development economics given by Averin's Dr Berry.

Dr Karunakar Sukuru of Catalent explains how lipid-based softgels address physiological barriers to oral peptide delivery as approvals increase.

Full Phase 3 TroFuse-005 data presented at ESMO 2026 show the TROP2-directed ADC sacituzumab tirumotecan cut the risk of death by 32% vs chemotherapy, and an FDA decision is expected by June 2027.

A patient with relapsing MS died of septic pneumonia 44 days after zola-cel CAR T infusion, as all 60 dose level 2 patients stayed off DMTs.





















