Orphan Drug Designation Zoci Enhances Treatment Prospects for Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Carcinomas
Orphan Drug Designation Zoci Enhances Treatment Prospects for Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Carcinomas

By João L. Carapinha

July 1, 2026

The European Medicines Agency has granted orphan drug designation for zocilurtatug pelitecan, an investigational DLL3-targeted antibody-drug conjugate, based on ...
Belgium Fast Access Medicines Revolutionize Treatment for IgA Nephropathy
Belgium Fast Access Medicines Revolutionize Treatment for IgA Nephropathy
Belgium Fast Access Medicines has moved from policy to practice. Authorities have granted temporary reimbursement to Atrasentan, the first therapy approved under the new Early and Equitable Fast Access procedure, offering quicker hope to patients with IgA nephropathy while anchoring the country’s...
Retracted Trial Publication Undermines Support for Avacopan in AAV Treatment
Retracted Trial Publication Undermines Support for Avacopan in AAV Treatment
The Retracted Trial Publication of the ADVOCATE study has eliminated the central evidence that supported approval of Tavneos (avacopan) for severe active anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated vasculitis (AAV). At the request of two lead academic authors, the
Advancing Regulatory Validation Taletrectinib for Enhanced NSCLC Treatment
Advancing Regulatory Validation Taletrectinib for Enhanced NSCLC Treatment

By João L. Carapinha

June 30, 2026

The MHRA’s validation of Nuvation Bio’s marketing authorisation application marks an important regulatory validation taletrectinib for adults with advanced ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer. This milestone, achieved via the International Recognition Procedure in parallel with EMA review, f...
Global Impact of Portuguese Biotech Innovation
Global Impact of Portuguese Biotech Innovation
Portuguese Biotech Innovation has matured into a compelling global force, with Solfarcos marking a decade of translating University of Minho research into commercial technologies that span cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. The Braga-based spin-off has built a unified platform of peptides and protein...
Exposing Cannabis Regulatory Exploitation in Portugal’s Medicinal Sector
Exposing Cannabis Regulatory Exploitation in Portugal’s Medicinal Sector
Portugal’s medicines regulator INFARMED has been shaken by a major case of cannabis regulatory exploitation in which criminal networks weaponised medicinal cannabis licences to traffic drugs on an industrial scale. Insufficient inspectors, rapid sector growth and the recruitment of former agency ...
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Retracted Trial Publication Undermines Support for Avacopan in AAV Treatment

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Retracted Trial Publication Undermines Support for Avacopan in AAV Treatment

By João L. Carapinha

July 1, 2026

The Retracted Trial Publication of the ADVOCATE study has eliminated the central evidence that supported approval of Tavneos (avacopan) for severe active anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated vasculitis (AAV). At the request of two lead academic authors, the
Advancing Regulatory Validation Taletrectinib for Enhanced NSCLC Treatment

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Advancing Regulatory Validation Taletrectinib for Enhanced NSCLC Treatment

By João L. Carapinha

June 30, 2026

The MHRA’s validation of Nuvation Bio’s marketing authorisation application marks an important regulatory validation taletrectinib for adults with advanced ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer. This milestone, achieved via the International Recognition Procedure in parallel with EMA review, f...
Global Impact of Portuguese Biotech Innovation

Global Updates

Global Impact of Portuguese Biotech Innovation
Portuguese Biotech Innovation has matured into a compelling global force, with Solfarcos marking a decade of translating University of Minho research into commercial technologies that span cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. The Braga-based spin-off has built a unified platform of peptides and protein...
Pioneering CAR T-Cell Therapy for Advanced Gastric Cancer

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Pioneering CAR T-Cell Therapy for Advanced Gastric Cancer

By João L. Carapinha

June 24, 2026

CAR T-Cell Therapy has reached a historic milestone with the approval of satri-cel, the world’s first authorized CAR T treatment for any solid tumor. The therapy targets Claudin18.2-positive, HER2-negative advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma that has progressed after at l...

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