On November 10, 2025 Daiichi Sankyo reported that the first patient has been dosed in a first-in-human phase 1 trial evaluating DS3610 in patients with advanced, metastatic or unresectable solid tumors.

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DS3610 is an investigational STING agonist antibody drug conjugate (ADC) containing an immunomodulatory payload discovered by Daiichi Sankyo (TSE:4568).

Despite the availability of various cancer immunotherapies, there remains an unmet need for novel treatment options with distinct mechanisms of action that may overcome resistance to current immunotherapy, enhance tumor responses and delay disease progression in solid tumors.

"By combining precise tumor targeting with an immunotherapy payload, Daiichi Sankyo is exploring a new way to harness the body’s own defenses to attack cancer," said Ken Takeshita, MD, Global Head, R&D, Daiichi Sankyo. "The initiation of this first-in-human trial of DS3610 represents an important step forward in advancing the next wave of our antibody drug conjugate portfolio and reaffirms our commitment to creating transformative medicines for patients with cancer."

About the Phase 1 Trial
The multicenter, open-label, first-in-human phase 1 trial will assess the safety, tolerability, preliminary efficacy and pharmacokinetics of DS3610 in patients with advanced, metastatic or unresectable solid tumors for which no additional standard therapy is available. The dose escalation trial will assess the safety and tolerability of increasing doses of DS3610 to determine the recommended doses for expansion in patients with advanced, metastatic or unresectable solid tumors.

The trial will evaluate safety endpoints including dose-limiting toxicities and adverse events. Pharmacokinetic and immunogenicity endpoints will also be assessed, as well as exploratory efficacy endpoints including objective response rate, disease control rate, duration of response, time to response, progression-free survival and overall survival.

The trial is expected to enroll patients across multiple sites globally, including Asia, Europe and North America. For more information, please visit ClinicalTrials.gov.

About DS3610
DS3610 is an investigational STING agonist ADC consisting of a monoclonal antibody with novel Fc modifications attached to an immunomodulatory payload that acts as an agonist of a stimulator of interferon genes (STING). DS3610 delivers a STING agonist payload directly to tumor environments and induces the immune system in the body to target cancer cells.

(Press release, Daiichi Sankyo, NOV 10, 2025, https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251110993494/en/DS3610-Enters-Clinical-Development-in-Patients-with-Advanced-Solid-Tumors-as-First-STING-Agonist-ADC-in-Industry-Leading-ADC-Portfolio-of-Daiichi-Sankyo [SID1234659752])

On November 10, 2025 enGene Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: ENGN or "enGene" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage, non-viral genetic medicines company, reported that it will host a conference call and webcast tomorrow, November 11, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. ET to discuss new preliminary data from its pivotal cohort in the ongoing LEGEND trial of its novel, non-viral gene therapy candidate, detalimogene voraplasmid (also known as detalimogene, and previously EG-70) for patients with high-risk, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with carcinoma in situ.

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The live call can be accessed by registering as a participant here. Upon registration, participants will receive conference dial-in information. A link to the live webcast of the call is available here and is also accessible on the Events and Presentations page of the Company’s Investor website: View Source A slide deck to accompany the call will be posted to the Events and Presentations page approximately 30 minutes prior to the start of the conference call. A replay of the webcast will be available on the Company’s website for one year.

(Press release, enGene, NOV 10, 2025, View Source [SID1234659751])

On November 10, 2025 Iambic, a clinical-stage life science and technology company developing novel medicines using its AI-driven discovery and development platform, reported raising over $100 million in an oversubscribed financing round with balanced support from new and existing investors, including Abingworth, Alexandria Venture Investments, Alumni Ventures, ARK, Ascenta, Catalio, Everbright Biofund, Freeflow Ventures, Illumina Ventures, Mubadala, Pegasus Tech Ventures, Qatar Investment Authority, Regeneron Ventures, Sequoia, Tao Capital Partners, Terra Magnum Capital Partners, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and others.

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"We are thrilled to have the support of many outstanding and committed investors who are partnering with Iambic to advance our mission of creating technologies to bring better medicines to patients," said Tom Miller, PhD, Iambic Co-Founder and CEO. "We are proud of the scientific and business progress Iambic has made across its pipeline, partnerships, and platform over this past year and view this fundraise as a testament to the exceptional work of the Iambic team. We look forward to continuing Iambic’s progress and anticipate our KIF18A and CDK2/4 programs entering the clinic as well as additional discovery and technology enablement collaborations in the near term."

The announcement of this financing closely follows Iambic’s presentation of clinical data for IAM1363 at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) (Free ESMO Whitepaper) Congress, where IAM1363 demonstrated anti-tumor activity and a favorable safety profile across HER2-wild-type and HER2-mutated cancers, as well as in multiple disease indications. Subsequently, Iambic announced a research collaboration with Jazz Pharmaceuticals to evaluate combination therapy with zanidatamab with IAM1363 in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer previously treated with Enhertu.

Earlier this year, Iambic announced a novel technology-enablement collaboration with Revolution Medicines which is providing access to proprietary data and Iambic is providing access to its NeuralPLexer technology for protein-ligand structure prediction. Iambic also reported industry-leading benchmarks for Enchant, its multimodal transformer model that makes high-confidence predictions of clinical and preclinical endpoints.

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On November 10, 2025 Purdue Pharma L.P. ("Purdue") reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation (ODD) to its pipeline drug tinostamustine for the treatment of malignant gliomas, a broad category of brain and spinal cord cancers that affect both adults and children and includes rapidly growing, invasive tumors like glioblastoma. As many as 22,000 people are diagnosed with malignant gliomas annually in the United States1. FDA grants ODD status to encourage development of promising medicines intended for the treatment, diagnosis or prevention of rare diseases or disorders that affect fewer than 200,000 people in the United States.

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Purdue is currently investigating tinostamustine in patients with glioblastoma, the most common malignant glioma, that is aggressive, very challenging to treat and for which there is no cure.2 Most patients do not survive more than 15 months with current treatment approaches.3 The ODD request for tinostamustine was supported by robust epidemiologic, clinical and pre-clinical evidence, as well as mechanistic rationale supporting its potential to address a critical unmet medical need for glioblastoma.

"As many as 15,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with glioblastoma each year.3 Unfortunately, there is limited survival benefit with existing treatment options," said Julie Ducharme, Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Purdue. "This recognition from FDA is an important milestone in our mission of advancing innovative science in areas of serious, unmet medical need. We look forward to further investigating tinostamustine, which has shown promise in early trials."

Orphan drug designation is intended to facilitate drug development for rare diseases and may provide certain incentives to drug developers.4,5 These benefits include tax credits for qualified clinical trials, exemption from user fees including New Drug Application (NDA), and a potential for seven years of market exclusivity following approval.

Tinostamustine is a potential first-in-class, new chemical entity that combines two potentially synergistic mechanisms of action, bifunctional alkylating activity and pan histone deacetylase inhibition (or HDAC inhibition). Tinostamustine has the potential to be a first-line treatment for glioblastoma.

"Behind every designation like this are real people, patients and families, facing the devastating reality of malignant gliomas, especially glioblastoma," said Craig Landau, MD, President and CEO, Purdue Pharma. "We are deeply committed to pursuing this medicine that has the potential to bring hope where few options exist today. Tinostamustine represents a step forward in our efforts to help address the urgent and unmet needs of those affected by these aggressive cancers."

The Company also recently entered into an agreement with the Global Coalition for Adaptive Research (GCAR) to pursue the Phase 2/3 clinical development of tinostamustine in GBM AGILE (Glioblastoma Adaptive Global Innovative Learning Environment – NCT03970447), a global adaptive platform trial for glioblastoma.

This press release discusses investigational uses of an agent in development and is not intended to convey conclusions about efficacy or safety. There is no guarantee that tinostamustine will successfully complete development or gain FDA approval.

(Press release, Purdue Pharma, NOV 10, 2025, View Source [SID1234659749])

On November 10, 2025 Ontada, a leader in real-world oncology data and insights, reported it will present new research findings in an oral presentation at the ISPOR Europe 2025 conference, being held this week in Glasgow, Scotland. ISPOR is the leading professional society for health economics and outcomes research globally. The study, titled, "A Framework for Accelerating Clinical Development with Real-World External Control Arms (ECA) in Phase 2 Trials," addresses a critical gap in early-stage clinical research by offering a scalable approach to contextualizing single-arm trial data.

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This research highlights the potential of ECAs to enhance Phase 2 trials, which often lack traditional control groups and face challenges related to small sample sizes and slow patient accrual, particularly in oncology and rare diseases.

Key Data Findings

Real-world data (RWD) curation: The framework outlines a systematic approach to identifying and curating structured and unstructured RWD sources to build robust ECAs.
Trial emulation: It applies rigorous eligibility criteria from the trial to real-world cohorts, ensuring comparability.
Adaptive matching strategies: To address limited trial sample sizes, the framework uses simulation techniques to create synthetic datasets that support more robust patient matching.
Pilot application: The framework was successfully applied to a Phase 2 single arm trial of Tucatinib and Doxil in HER2+ metastatic breast cancer, demonstrating feasibility and value.
"Phase 2 trials are essential for identifying promising therapies, but their inherent design poses challenges to achieving rapid and robust inferences," said Jessica K. Paulus, ScD, vice president, Real World Research, Ontada. "This framework leverages high-quality real-world data and extends state-of-the-science methods in ECA development to overcome barriers in Phase 2 trial conduct, offering a practical path to accelerate development while maintaining scientific rigor. It’s a meaningful step toward more efficient clinical research."

Study Methodology

The framework was developed through a literature review of best practices in Phase 3 ECA design and adapted for Phase 2 single-arm trials. It incorporates simulation-based matching to address the challenge of limited trial patient data and was piloted using real-world data for a newly launched Phase 2 trial in HER2+ metastatic breast cancer.

Research at ISPOR Europe 2025

Ontada is showcasing its research capabilities at ISPOR with five accepted abstracts on topics such as evolving trends in patient demographics and diagnosis in gastric cancer, improving data quality in oncology electronic health record-derived databases, assessing secular trends in ovarian cancer diagnoses, and real-world associations between smoking status and genetic driver mutations in metastatic lung cancer. For a complete list of Ontada presentations, visit Ontada’s ISPOR Europe 2025 site. Additionally, visit Ontada at booth #616 at the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, November 10–12, to explore our latest research and real-world oncology solutions.

"At Ontada, we are committed to advancing oncology research through innovative applications of real-world data," said Christine Davis, president, Ontada. "Our presence at ISPOR Europe reflects the depth and diversity of our real-world research capabilities. From advancing trial design with external control arms to uncovering trends in cancer diagnosis and treatment, our work is helping shape the future of oncology through data-driven insights."

Ontada is a part of McKesson, which has an unmatched portfolio of oncology and multispecialty solutions and partners that provide research, insights, technologies and services that help to address barriers and improve cancer and multispecialty care.

(Press release, Ontada, NOV 10, 2025, View Source [SID1234659748])