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The US FDA New Drug Approvals in December 2025 

Shots:  Innovation peaked in December 2025, as the FDA delivered a wave of approvals spanning cardiometabolic disease, infectious disease, respiratory immunology, rare hematologic disorders, and acute cardiovascular and neurologic conditions highlighting both scientific breadth and clinical precision  Seven notable therapies crossed the regulatory finish line, including LIB Therapeutics’ Lerochol for LDL lowering, Innoviva’s Nuzolvence for gonorrhea, GSK’s Exdensur for asthma with eosinophilic phenotype, Cytokinetics’ Myqorzo…

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Summit Therapeutics Reports the US FDA’s BLA Submission for Ivonescimab to Treat EGFRm Non-Squamous NSCLC

Shots: The US FDA has received BLA of ivonescimab + CT for ≥2L treatment of pts with EGFR-mutated locally advanced or metastatic non-squamous NSCLC; decision is expected by Q4’26 BLA was supported by P-III (HARMONi) trial assessing ivonescimab + Pt-doublet CT vs PBO + Pt-doublet CT in pts with EGFR-mutated, locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC…

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Shanghai Henlius Reports the US FDA’s BLA Acceptance for HLX04 (Biosimilar, Avastin) 

 Shots:  The US FDA has accepted the BLA for HLX04, a biosimilar version of Avastin (bevacizumab)  BLA was supported by analytical similarity studies, a P-I PK comparability trial in healthy subjects, and a multicenter P-III trial in pts with metastatic colorectal cancer, evaluating HLX04 vs the reference product for safety, PK, and immunogenicity  Henlius is advancing a P-II/III trial of HLX04 + serplulimab for 1L…

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RefleXion Medical Reports the US FDA Clearance of RefleXion X2 Platform for Improved Tumor Detection

Shots: The US FDA has cleared RefleXion X2 with SCINTIX therapy for the treatment of primary & metastatic lung & bone tumors X2 platform provides a 20-fold increase in PET sensitivity, increasing detectable biological signal levels for tumor imaging & potentially broadening the population eligible for SCINTIX therapy based on imaging criteria Its wide field-of-view PET detector…

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Foresee Pharmaceuticals Licenses MMP-12 Inhibitor Programs to Primevera Therapeutics in a ~$584.5M Deal

Shots: Foresee has entered into an exclusive global licensing agreement with Primevera for its MMP-12 inhibitor programs, which incl. FP-025, FP-020 & third-generation MMP-12 inhibitors in discovery stage As per the deal, Foresee USA will receive a $10M upfront, ~$574.5M in milestones, & tiered single-digit royalties, or alternatively a tiered share of sublicense proceeds in lieu…

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Denali Therapeutics Announces Publishing of P-I/II Study of Tividenofusp Alfa (DNL310) in NEJM for Hunter Syndrome (MPS II)

Shots: The NEJM published results from the P-I/II study of Denali Therapeutics’ tividenofusp alfa (DNL310) for the treatment of Hunter syndrome (MPS II) The study evaluated treatment in 47 ERT-naïve (n=15) and previously treated (n=32) study participants (aged 0.3–13 [median, 5] years) demonstrating reduced levels of mean CSF levels of HS, mean urine HS levels,…

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BioAtla and GATC Health Announce $40M SPV Transaction to Advance Ozuriftamab Vedotin into P-III Study for 2L+ OPSCC

Shots: BioAtla and GATC Health announce  into a $40M special purpose vehicle (SPV) transaction to advance ozuriftamab vedotin (Oz-V), a CAB-ROR2-ADC, into a registrational P-III study for 2L+ oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) Under the agreement, BioAtla will receive $5M upfront to support operations and P-III study execution, with the remaining $35M expected to close…

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