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Astrazeneca & Daiichi Sankyo

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu Receives US FDA Approval in Early Breast Cancer for Two Indications

Shots: FDA has approved Enhertu + THP for neoadj. treatment of adults with HER2+ Stage II/III breast cancer, & Enhertu monotx. for adj. treatment in adults with residual invasive disease post Herceptin (± Perjeta) & taxane-based therapy, triggering a $155M milestone payment from AZ to Daiichi Sankyo For neoadj. setting, approval was backed by DESTINY-Breast11…

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Rigel Signs ~$445M Licensing Pact with Arvinas and Pfizer for Veppanu

Shots: Rigel has entered into an exclusive, global license agreement with Arvinas & Pfizer to develop, manufacture & commercialize FDA-approved Veppanu (vepdegestrant) for ER+/HER2-, ESR1-mutated advanced or metastatic breast cancer. As per the deal, Rigel will pay Arvinas & Pfizer $70M upfront, $15M in upon completion of transition activities, & ~$320M in milestones plus tiered royalties…

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Artera Secures FDA Clearance for AI-Based Breast Cancer Risk Tool

Shots: The US FDA has granted clearance to ArteraAI Breast, a digital pathology-based risk stratification tool for early-stage HR+ /HER2- breast cancer, expanding the company’s oncology AI platform beyond prostate cancer ArteraAI Breast uses multimodal AI combining digitized histopathology images & clinical data to generate an AI-derived risk score predicting distant metastasis risk, helping clinicians…

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Briacell

BriaCell Therapeutics Reports US FDA IND Clearance to Initiate P-I/II Trial of Bria-BRES+ in Breast Cancer

Shots: The US FDA has granted clearance to initiate P-I/II trial of BriaCell's Bria-BRES+ for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer At AACR, the preclinical data showed that Bria-BRES+ activated adaptive & innate immunity, incl. naïve T cells, dendritic cells, & NK cells, potentially enhancing efficacy & preventing immune escape in metastatic breast cancer…

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Caris Launches Caris MI Clarity for AI-Powered Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk Assessment

Shots: Caris has launched Caris MI Clarity, an AI-driven prognostic test for postmenopausal pts with HR+/HER2-, node-negative early-stage breast cancer, designed to assess both early (0–5yrs.) & late (5–15yrs.) distant recurrence risk from a single test at diagnosis The test leverages Caris’ multimodal dataset, computational pathology & AI-driven ML to analyze digitized H&E slides and…

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Sensei Biotherapeutics Reports First Patient Dosing in P-Ib/II Trial of PIKTOR in HR+/HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer

Shots: Sensei Biotherapeutics has dosed the first patient in P-Ib/II (FTH-PIK-101) trial assessing PIKTOR (serabelisib & sapanisertib) + fulvestrant &/or other anticancer therapies in pts with HR+/HER2- advanced or metastatic breast cancer  PIKTOR was evaluated in the P-Ib study in heavily pretreated advanced breast, endometrial, & ovarian cancers, where PIKTOR + paclitaxel achieved a 47%…

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Celcuity

Celcuity Reports the P-III (VIKTORIA-1) Trial Data on Gedatolisib Combination for HR+/HER2- PIK3CA Mutant Advanced Breast Cancer

Shots: Celcuity has reported the PIK3CA mutant cohort data from P-III (VIKTORIA-1) study of gedatolisib + fulvestrant ± palbociclib vs SoC in HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer pts who progressed on or after treatment with CDK4/6 inhibitor & an aromatase inhibitor The trial met its 1EP, with gedatolisib triplet improving PFS vs alpelisib + fulvestrant, while…

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Arvinas and Pfizer Report the US FDA Approval of Veppanu (Vepdegestrant) for ESR1-Mutated Breast Cancer

Shots: FDA approved Veppanu to treat adults with ESR1-mutated ER+/HER2- advanced or metastatic breast cancer who received ≥1L of endocrine therapy, prior to PDUFA date of Jun 5, 2026; Arvinas & Pfizer plan to select a third-party partner for commercialization NDA was backed by P-III (VERITAC-2) trial assessing Veppanu alone vs fulvestrant in mentioned pts…

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DualityBio Reports China NMPA Acceptance of BLA for Trastuzumab Pamirtecan in Metastatic HER2+ Breast Cancer

Shots: China’s National Medical Products Administration has accepted the BLA for DualityBio’s trastuzumab pamirtecan (T-Pam; DB-1303/BNT323), an investigational ADC, for the second-line treatment of unresectable or metastatic HER2+ breast cancer The application is supported by interim results from the pivotal P-III (DB-1303-O-3001) trial, which met its primary endpoint, demonstrating statistically significant improvement in PFS vs…

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