Latest Cancer Treatment News

Imugene Limited has received positive feedback from the FDA, aligning key requirements to progress its azer-cel therapy into a pivotal clinical trial, underscoring its growing promise in blood cancer treatment.

Imugene has secured FDA backing to advance its allogeneic CAR T therapy, azer-cel, into a pivotal Phase 3 trial targeting difficult-to-treat diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), including patients relapsed after prior CAR-T treatment.

Chimeric Therapeutics has won FDA Orphan Drug Designation for its CHM CDH17 CAR-T therapy targeting gastric cancer, advancing its clinical development with regulatory incentives and potential market exclusivity.

Telix Pharmaceuticals has dosed the first patient in the randomized expansion phase of its pivotal ProstACT Global Phase 3 trial for TLX591, targeting advanced prostate cancer. The trial is expanding globally, with regulatory submissions underway in the US and Europe.

Optiscan Imaging Ltd has initiated Australia’s first intra-operative head and neck cancer imaging study using its advanced InVue® and InForm™ devices, aiming to enhance surgical precision and support FDA regulatory submissions.

Amplia Therapeutics reported a $4.18 million half-year loss but bolstered its cash reserves with a $27.6 million capital raise to advance clinical trials of its lead drug narmafotinib, showing encouraging interim data in pancreatic cancer.

Imugene Limited and JW Therapeutics have launched a strategic collaboration to combine oncolytic virus and CAR-T cell therapies, aiming to tackle refractory solid tumors through a pioneering 'mark and kill' approach.

Race Oncology has received a $2.8 million Australian R&D tax refund for FY2025, with further overseas R&D rebates expected, bolstering its clinical development of innovative cancer therapies.

Chimeric Therapeutics has received a $4.5 million R&D tax incentive refund from the Australian Government, underscoring its ongoing investment in innovative cancer cell therapies.

Amplia Therapeutics has secured positive feedback from the US FDA on its Phase 2b/3 trial design for narmafotinib in pancreatic cancer, paving the way for a late 2026 trial start.

Radiopharm Theranostics has secured ethics approval to begin a Phase 1 clinical trial of RAD 402, a pioneering radiotherapeutic targeting advanced prostate cancer using terbium-161. This marks a significant step in developing a potentially safer, more effective treatment option.

Race Oncology has announced pivotal new clinical trials for its lead asset RC220, aiming to accelerate regulatory approval in Acute Myeloid Leukemia and tackle resistance in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.