Diseases

The FDA's draft guidance lets sponsors add new patient-specific variants to one BLA without new trials, while CMS plans to broaden its gene therapy access model.

The KRAS G12C inhibitor divarasib improved survival versus sotorasib or adagrasib in the phase III Krascendo 1 trial. #SyenzaNews #oncology #NSCLC

Phase 3 PANKU-Breast01 data show izalontamab brengitecan cut the risk of disease progression or death by 59% versus chemotherapy in HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer. #SyenzaNews #breastcancer #oncology

Keytruda monotherapy cut the risk of progression or death by 43% against platinum chemotherapy in dMMR endometrial cancer, in the KEYNOTE-C93 Phase 3 trial. #SyenzaNews #oncology #precisionmedicine #endometrialcancer

JNJ-6143, an investigational first-in-class oral molecule, produced a 75% tumor response rate among patients with measurable disease in a Phase 1 study. #SyenzaNews #prostatecancer #oncology

Sone-Ve doubled median overall survival versus investigator's choice in third-line and later gastro-oesophageal cancer; second-line PFS missed significance.

Portaria n.º 464/2026/1 limits state reimbursement for obesity medicines to SNS patients in a hospital obesity pathway. Cover is 15% for 12 months. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess

A Pretoria court has declared invalid the antiretroviral tender awards for two items and ordered the health department to redo the split within 120 days. Cipla's review succeeded on all five grounds, while Hetero's challenge was dismissed with attorney-and-client costs. #SyenzaNews #SouthAfrica #HIV

Merck and Moderna report a 42% reduction in recurrence or death for intismeran plus KEYTRUDA in resected stage IIB-IV melanoma, with full data at ESMO 2026. #SyenzaNews #melanoma #MarketAccess

The FDA has launched the Neuroscience Advancement and Innovation Nexus, starting with an Alzheimer's Prevention Accelerator. #SyenzaNews #Alzheimers #MarketAccess

Pfizer has withdrawn its EU application for palbociclib in HER2-positive breast cancer. EMA questioned the open-label PATINA endpoint.

Two post hoc REDEFINE 1 analyses show CagriSema weight loss in women held across premenopausal, perimenopausal and postmenopausal stages. #SyenzaNews #obesity #MarketAccess