Latest Oncology News

Echo IQ has partnered with Mayo Clinic to assess its AI platform's ability to predict heart failure risk in patients undergoing cancer therapy, targeting the growing cardio-oncology sector.

OncoSil Medical has cleared a major regulatory hurdle as its Humanitarian Device Exemption application nears FDA approval, while its TRIPP-FFX trial shows promising results combining OncoSil with standard chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer.

Racura Oncology has secured $31.2 million in funding to advance its lead cancer drug RC220, including a strategic $1 million private placement to a specialist healthcare investor.

Chimeric Therapeutics reports encouraging Phase 1/2 data for its CHM CDH17 CAR-T therapy in advanced gastrointestinal cancers, with 82% of evaluable patients achieving stable disease and durable responses lasting over a year.

Amplia Therapeutics reported encouraging mature data from its ACCENT pancreatic cancer trial showing improved survival and response rates with narmafotinib. The company raised $27.5 million to fund development and manufacturing scale-up, while discontinuing a parallel trial due to chemotherapy toxicity.

Racura Oncology has locked in an underwriting agreement covering nearly 1.84 million expiring options, ensuring up to $2.3 million in fresh capital to back its cancer drug development programs.

Imugene has dosed the first patient in a new cohort combining its azer-cel CAR T therapy with BTK inhibitors, targeting patients with B-cell malignancies who failed prior BTKi treatment. This move broadens the trial’s scope and tackles a significant unmet need in blood cancer therapy.

Tetratherix Limited secures $15 million via institutional placement plus a capped $2 million share purchase plan at a 14% discount, aiming to fast-track manufacturing expansion and commercial partnerships.

Noxopharm has unveiled new data showing its Sofra technology dramatically boosts TLR8 activation, a key immune pathway, potentially reshaping cancer immunotherapy.

AdAlta has engaged specialist advisors to streamline US FDA regulatory processes for its CAR-T therapy BZDS1901, which has shown rare complete tumour clearance in advanced mesothelioma patients.

TrivarX has contracted Beyond Drug Development to drive its Stabl-Im MRI imaging platform into Phase 1 trials, aiming to start safety testing in healthy volunteers by late 2026.

Imugene Limited’s allogeneic CAR T therapy, azer-cel, delivered an 81% overall response rate in a Phase 1b trial cohort of CAR T-naïve patients with various CD19 B-cell malignancies, with updated data due at ASCO 2026.