Latest Oncology Drug Development News

Starpharma’s 2025 AGM highlighted breakthrough partnerships and clinical progress, positioning the biotech for growth. Key deals with Genentech and Radiopharm Theranostics underpin a promising pipeline and expanding revenue streams.

Starpharma has entered a significant collaboration with Genentech to develop dendrimer-drug conjugates for oncology, securing an upfront payment and potential milestone earnings exceeding half a billion dollars.

Starpharma has entered a landmark collaboration with Genentech to develop innovative cancer therapies using its proprietary DEP® platform, securing $5.5 million upfront and potential milestones exceeding $560 million.

Amplia Therapeutics has commenced dosing the first patient in its new pancreatic cancer trial combining narmafotinib with FOLFIRINOX chemotherapy, marking a key milestone in its drug development journey.

Immutep Limited advances its pivotal Phase III lung cancer trial and reports promising results across multiple oncology and autoimmune programs, supported by a solid cash position to fund operations through 2026.

Imugene Limited has launched a A$37.5 million capital raising to advance its promising off-the-shelf CAR T therapy, azer-cel, following encouraging Phase 1b data showing a 75% overall response rate in lymphoma patients.

Amplia Therapeutics has secured US ethics approval to launch a Phase 2 trial combining its drug narmafotinib with FOLFIRINOX chemotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer, marking a key step in its clinical development.

Algorae Pharmaceuticals has partnered with Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre to validate AI-predicted drug combinations across multiple cancer types, aiming to accelerate its oncology pipeline development.

Amplia Therapeutics has completed enrolment for its ACCENT Phase 2a trial in advanced pancreatic cancer two months early, reporting encouraging partial response rates and improved patient outcomes.