On July 10, 2025 Alligator Bioscience (Nasdaq Stockholm: ATORX) reported financial results for Q2 2025 and provides a business update (Press release, Alligator Bioscience, JUL 10, 2025, View Source [SID1234654321]).

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"With key regulatory and manufacturing milestones achieved for mitazalimab and strengthened financials, we remain focused on identifying a strategic partner and initiating Phase 3. During the quarter, we successfully completed GMP manufacturing and received clear regulatory feedback from both the FDA and EMA—confirming dose, trial design and paediatric waiver—further strengthening the program’s foundation. In parallel, new biomarker data presented at ASCO (Free ASCO Whitepaper) reinforced mitazalimab’s clinical potential and relevance for patient stratification. Combined with the proceeds from TO 12, these developments move us into the next exciting stage of mitazalimab’s journey."
Søren Bregenholt, CEO of Alligator Bioscience
BUSINESS UPDATE
Mitazalimab

Completion of GMP manufacturing for mitazalimab to support Phase 3 trial readiness in collaboration with development partner.
Paediatric study waiver granted by the European Medicines Agency, streamlining regulatory path ahead of future MAA submission.
Presentation of biomarker data from the Phase 2 trial OPTIMIZE-1 at ASCO (Free ASCO Whitepaper) 2025, showing mitazalimab-induced immune modulation and identifying biomarkers linked to improved outcomes in metastatic pancreatic cancer.
Confirmation from FDA of 900 ug/kg dose and positive scientific advice from EMA further strengthen mitazalimab’s regulatory foundation ahead of Phase 3.
Company

Annual General Meeting held on 7 May 2025; adoption of updated dividend policy aligned with sharpened strategic focus and potential proceeds from asset monetization.
Execution of 1:1000 reverse share split in April 2025, followed by recalculation of terms for TO 12 and TO 13 warrants.
Successful completion of warrant programme TO 12 in May 2025, with 71% of options exercised and SEK 61 million raised before issue costs and partial repayment of loan.
Adjustment of total number of shares to 34,803,898 following TO 12 warrant exercise and share split.
Initiation of Phase 2 clinical trial with HLX22 in HER2-positive breast cancer by Shanghai Henlius; EU Orphan Drug Designation granted for HLX22 in gastric cancer.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR Q2 2025
The financial summaries for the quarterly periods ending 30 June 2025 and 30 June 2024 are presented below.

All amounts in MSEK,
unless specified April – June
2025 April – June
2024
Net sales - 7.6
Operating profit/loss -22.3 -47.4
Profit/loss for the period -1.7 -49.2
Cash flow for the period 5.1 37.4
Cash and cash equivalents 33.9 77.5
Earnings per share before and after dilution, SEK -0.08 -66.36
FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR H1 2025
The financial summaries for the half-year periods ending 30 June 2025 and 30 June 2024 are presented below.

All amounts in MSEK,
unless specified January – June
2025 January – June
2024
Net sales - 14.6
Operating profit/loss -66.0 -107.0
Profit/loss for the period -10.0 -112.0
Cash flow for the period -29.6 11.3
Cash and cash equivalents 33.9 77.5
Earnings per share before and after dilution, SEK -0.69 -158.50
The full report is attached as a PDF, and is also available on the company’s website: View Source

Alligator will host a webinar on Thursday, July 10 2025, at 3 p.m. CEST/ 9 a.m. EDT for investors, analysts and media, where CEO Søren Bregenholt and CFO Johan Giléus will present and comment on the April – June 2025 interim report, which will be followed by a Q&A session.

On July 9, 2025 LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. ("LIXTE" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company, reported that the medical journal Nature has published findings by a team of physician-scientists that validate LIXTE’s ongoing clinical trials with its proprietary compound LB100 for Ovarian and Colorectal cancers (View Source) (Press release, Lixte Biotechnology, JUL 9, 2025, View Source [SID1234654349]).

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A team led by principal investigator Amir Jazaeri, MD, professor of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, studied survival outcomes of Ovarian Clear Cell Carcinoma (OCCC) patients treated with immune checkpoint blockade therapy (clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT03026062). The ;study showed that patients having tumors with inactivating mutations in PPP2R1A – the major scaffold subunit of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) – had significantly better overall survival, compared with patients who did not have this mutation in their tumors.

Inactivating mutations in PPP2R1A are known to reduce the enzymatic activity of PP2A, which is the target of LIXTE’s lead compound LB-100. Tumors with mutations in PPP2R1A were found to have increased the interferon gamma response pathway, which is known to be associated with improved immune checkpoint responses.

LIXTE is currently investigating the activity of LB-100 in combination with checkpoint immunotherapy in two clinical trials. The first is enrolling patients with OCCC, led by Dr. Jazaeri at MD Anderson Cancer Center, and also is open at Northwester University. In this trial, LIXTE is collaborating with GSK to test LB-100 in combination with dostarlimab (anti PD1). In the second trial, at the Netherlands Cancer Institute, LIXTE is collaborating with Roche to test LB-100 in combination with atezolizumab (anti PDL1) in colon cancer patients.

"Not only did we identify a new biomarker for improved survival with immunotherapy in ovarian cancer, but we also confirmed the correlation of this biomarker with survival benefit in other cancer types," said Dr. Jazaeri, who was co-senior author of the Nature article. "Since PPP2R1A mutations are relatively uncommon, we believe the same benefits may be possible by targeting the PPP2A pathway using drugs, which we currently are evaluating in a clinical trial at MD Anderson."

Bas van der Baan, LIXTE’s Chief Scientific Officer, added, "This work extends a body of pre-clinical evidence indicating that LB-100 is strongly synergistic with checkpoint immunotherapy in a range of cancer types. We look forward to the first results of our clinical studies in the second half of this year."

On July 9, 2025 BriaCell Therapeutics Corp. (Nasdaq: BCTX, BCTXW, BCTXZ) (TSX: BCT) ("BriaCell" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel immunotherapies to transform cancer care, reported the sustained complete resolution of lung metastasis in a patient with hormone receptor-positive (HR+), HER2-negative, metastatic breast cancer (MBC) treated with Bria-OTS, the Company’s personalized off the shelf immunotherapy (Press release, BriaCell Therapeutics, JUL 9, 2025, View Source [SID1234654346]).

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BriaCell’s first Bria-OTS study patient, a 78-year-old woman with advanced disease and multiple prior treatment failures, achieved 100% resolution of a lung metastasis following four doses of BriaCell’s Bria-OTS monotherapy. The complete response was first observed at two months ( previously reported ) and confirmed at four ( previously reported ) and now six months. The patient has been dosed with 12 cycles of Bria-OTS to date.

"These results represent an exciting clinical milestone in the Bria-OTS program," stated Neal S. Chawla MD, Director at the Sarcoma Oncology Center, Santa Monica, CA, and Principal Investigator for the Bria-OTS study. "We are seeing strong single agent activity in a very challenging population and are eager to explore this approach across more patient subtypes and tumors."

"We are highly encouraged by this remarkable and durable clinical response, especially at the lowest dose level," added Dr. William V. Williams, BriaCell’s President and CEO. "This data underscores the therapeutic potential of our Bria-OTS platform, and we look forward to further evaluating it in combination with a checkpoint inhibitor to improve outcomes in patients with advanced breast cancer."

About Bria-OTS

Bria-OTS is a next generation, off-the-shelf personalized immunotherapy based on BriaCell’s lead candidate Bria-IMT currently being evaluated in a Phase 1/2a study (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT06471673 ) in patients with metastatic recurrent breast cancer. The trial includes both monotherapy dose escalation and check point inhibition combination dose expansion cohorts. The Company recently progressed into the dose expansion phase.

On July 9, 2025 Valerio Therapeutics reported its full year results (Press release, Valerio Therapeutics, JUL 9, 2025, View Source [SID1234654342]).

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On July 9, 2025 Radiant Biotherapeutics, a biotechnology company committed to advancing and delivering transformative MULTi-specific, multi-Affinity antiBODY (Multabody) therapeutics for patients with cancer and autoimmune diseases, reported the appointments of seasoned biotechnology executive Deborah Geraghty, Ph.D., as President and Chief Executive Officer, entrepreneur and venture investor Stefan Larson, Ph.D., as Chair of the Board of Directors, and distinguished physician-scientist Ingmar Bruns, M.D., Ph.D., as Board Member (Press release, Radiant Biotherapeutics, JUL 9, 2025, View Source [SID1234654320]).

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Stefan Larson, Ph.D., incoming Chair of Radiant Biotherapeutics, commented: "Dr. Geraghty brings a proven track record of building and transforming innovative biotechnology companies and we are delighted to welcome her to Radiant. Her deep industry expertise and strategic vision make her the ideal CEO to lead Radiant through this next phase of growth as we advance our lead clinical candidate, a 4-1BB agonist, toward clinical trials and expand our preclinical pipeline more broadly across oncology and autoimmunity."

Dion Madsen, outgoing Chair and continuing Board Member of Radiant Biotherapeutics, noted: "We are thrilled to welcome Stefan and Ingmar to our board of directors as we move towards the clinic with our lead program. The addition of Dr. Larson and Dr. Bruns brings relevant expertise necessary for us to successfully deliver our next-generation biologics to patients with cancer and autoimmune diseases. We appreciate Arthur Fratamico’s leadership and foundational contributions to the Company during his four-year tenure as CEO."

These appointments follow the company’s successful $35 million Series A financing and build upon the recent progress by founding Chief Scientific Officer, Jo Hulme, Ph.D. Multabody, Radiant’s proprietary, best-in-class antibody platform, leverages remarkable avidity on intended targets while exploiting specificity to address multiple epitopes and different disease-modifying proteins. Antibodies developed using the Radiant platform are designed to deliver exceptional potency against both solid tumors and blood cancers, immunological targets, and infectious disease pathogens.

Deborah Geraghty, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Radiant Biotherapeutics, added: "What drew me to this role are the compelling preclinical data based on the strong scientific foundation of Radiant’s unique biologic platform and the team that shepherded it this far. The opportunity to drive innovation for patients and realize the value of its application for devastating cancer and autoimmune diseases is energizing and I look forward to bringing these breakthrough therapies into the clinic."

Deborah Geraghty, Ph.D., is an accomplished life sciences executive with over 20 years of experience having built a strong foundation of financial, operational and strategic expertise throughout her career leading innovative biopharmaceutical companies. She most recently served as President and CEO of Anokion SA, a Phase 2 clinical-stage Swiss biotech company focused on developing a new class of immune tolerance therapies for autoimmune disease. Prior to that, she was Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Dimension Therapeutics, where she led Dimension’s initial public offering and subsequent acquisition by Ultragenyx in 2017. Her earlier roles include co-founder and Vice President of Project and Portfolio Development at Cydan Development and leadership positions at Aileron Therapeutics as Head of Portfolio Advancement and Infinity Pharmaceuticals as Director of New Product Marketing. Dr. Geraghty holds a B.S. in Biology from Union College, an MBA from Boston College, and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Vermont.

Stefan Larson, Ph.D., is a Venture Partner at Sectoral Asset Management and serves on several biotech boards including Prilenia Therapeutics, Apnimed, and Stratus Therapeutics. He previously was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence and later Venture Partner at Versant Ventures, where he led the establishment of their Toronto-based Discovery Engine and served as founding CEO of Northern Biologics. Dr. Larson co-founded two medical device companies, Perimeter Medical Imaging and Tornado Spectral Systems, and began his career at McKinsey & Company. He holds a B.Sc. in Biology from McGill University, an M.Sc. in Molecular and Medical Genetics from University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. in Biophysics from Stanford University.

Ingmar Bruns, M.D., Ph.D., is a physician-scientist with two decades of hematology and oncology expertise who currently serves as Chief Medical Officer of Zentalis. He previously served as Chief Medical Officer of Trillium Therapeutics through its acquisition by Pfizer, then held senior clinical development roles at Pfizer, including head of the hematologic malignancies franchise. Earlier positions include Senior Vice President and Head of Clinical Development at Pieris Pharmaceuticals and clinical development leadership at Bayer Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Bruns served as an attending hematologist and oncologist as well as a physician-scientist at the University Hospital of Dusseldorf and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He has authored over 50 publications in leading journals and holds an M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Lubeck in Germany.