1stOncologyWeekly 3rd February 2026

Your roundup of the top oncology news. 1stOncologyWeekly: February 3, 2026

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Agreement / Collaboration / M&A
HanchorBio and WuXi Biologics Enter Strategic Partnership to Advance Next-Generation Bi-and Multi-Functional Fusion Protein Pipeline
MS Pharma Group Signs Exclusive Biosimilars Partnership Agreement with Hetero
StarkAge Therapeutics Announces Research Collaboration with Gustave Roussy to Advance Senolytic Therapies in Digestive Cancers
Insilico Medicine and Qilu Pharmaceutical Reach Near $120 Million Drug Development Collaboration to Accelerate Novel Cardiometabolic Therapies
Boehringer Ingelheim and Simcere partner to advance a dual-target antibody treatment to address unmet needs in inflammatory bowel disease
Defence Therapeutics Expands Collaboration With Canadian Nuclear Laboratories To Accelerate Its Proprietary Radiopharmaceutical Pipeline
Physiomics Awarded New Contract by Numab Therapeutic
InSysBio to announce a new collaborative project with BeOne Medicines
WuXi Biologics and Sinorda Biomedicine Enter Strategic Collaboration to Accelerate Development and Manufacturing of Innovative Bispecific Antibody
Repare Announces Completion of Acquisition by XenoTherapeutics, Inc.
Accent Therapeutics to Utilize Inocras’ CancerVision and MRDVision Platforms in Phase 1/2 ATX-295 Clinical Study
Cycle Pharmaceuticals Announces Extension of Applied Therapeutics Tender Offer
RECORDATI ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC COLLABORATION WITH MODERNA TO DEVELOP AND COMMERCIALIZE WORLDWIDE mRNA 3927 FOR THE TREATMENT OF PROPIONIC ACIDEMIA
Immuto Scientific and University of Wisconsin–Madison Announce Collaboration to Advance Discovery of Novel Cancer Targets
Illumina completes acquisition of SomaLogic
Cycle Pharmaceuticals Announces Extension of Applied Therapeutics Tender Offer
Funding
BioMarin Announces Proposed Private Offering of Senior Notes and Syndication of New Senior Secured Term Loan Facility
Primmune Therapeutics Announces Additional Close of Series B Financing
Fortitude Biomedicines Launches With $13M in Financing to Advance Novel Antibody-based Therapies for Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases and Cancer
AIM ImmunoTech Announces Changes to Key Dates and Terms Related to Announced Rights Offering
CytoDyn Announces Funding and Initiation of Expanded Access Program for Patients with Triple-negative Breast Cancer
Rakovina Therapeutics Announces Corporate Update Including up to $1.6 Million in New Financing, Leadership Appointments and Debt Restructuring
Altimmune Announces Pricing of $75 Million Registered Direct Offering of Common Stock
BridGene Biosciences Raises $28 Million in Series B+ Financing to Accelerate Clinical Development of BGC-515 and Platform Expansion
Enveric Biosciences Announces $1.5 Million Registered Direct Offering Priced At-The-Market Under Nasdaq Rules
Enveric Biosciences Announces Closing of $1.5 Million Registered Direct Offering Priced At-The-Market Under Nasdaq Rules
CraniUS Therapeutics Closes $20 Million Series B Round to Advance NeuroPASS Platform Towards Future Commercialization
Aprea Therapeutics Announces $5.6 Million Private Placement Priced At-The-Market Under Nasdaq Rules
BioMarin Announces Pricing of Private Offering of Senior Notes and Completion of
Syndication of New Senior Secured Term Loan Facility
LEXICON ANNOUNCES PROPOSED PUBLIC OFFERING OF COMMON STOCK
Altimmune Announces Closing of $75 Million Registered Direct Offering of Common Stock
ALX Oncology Announces Pricing of Underwritten Offering
Submission / Acceptance / Opinion / Approval
Cogent Biosciences Announces Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Bezuclastinib in Combination with Sunitinib for Patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST)
Innovent Announces IBI3003 (GPRC5D/BCMA/CD3 Trispecific Antibody) Receives Fast Track Designation from the U.S. FDA for Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
Chugai Files for Additional Indication of Tecentriq for the Treatment of Adjuvant Therapy for MRD-Positive Bladder Cancer
DARZALEX FASPRO-based quadruplet regimen approved in the U.S. for newly diagnosed patients with multiple myeloma who are transplant ineligible
Elevar Therapeutics Submits New Drug Application to FDA for Lirafugratinib as Second-Line Treatment Option for Cholangiocarcinoma
Immix Biopharma Receives U.S. FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for NXC-201
Shorla Oncology Announces U.S. FDA Approval of Larger Vial Size for Nelarabine Intravenous Administration for the Treatment of T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
Summit Therapeutics Announces U.S. FDA Acceptance of Biologics License Application (BLA) Seeking Approval for Ivonescimab in Combination with Chemotherapy in Treatment of Patients with EGFRm NSCLC Post-TKI Therapy
Incyte Announces Positive CHMP Opinion for Zynyz (retifanlimab) for First-Line Treatment of Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anal Canal (SCAC)
Clinical Trial Results
Phio Pharmaceuticals Announces Participation in Third Annual DealFlow Discovery Conference
Kazia Therapeutics Reports Encouraging Preliminary Clinical Responses in Ongoing Phase 1b Study of Paxalisib in Late-Stage Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Calidi Biotherapeutics Provides Corporate Update and Key Value Drivers for 2026
PDS Biotech Announces Presentation of Preliminary Results from Phase 2 Study of IL-12 Tumor Targeted Immunocytokine (PDS01ADC) in 3rd Line Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer by the NCI
Alpha Tau Issues Letter to Shareholders: Five Concurrent Trials in the U.S. with Multiple Significant Value-Driving Milestones Ahead
Aprea Therapeutics Announces Early Clinical Proof-Of-Concept in the Ongoing ACESOT-1051 Dose-Escalation Trial Evaluating WEE1 Inhibitor APR-1051, Including Partial Response Observed on First Scan
New Data Demonstrate CD47 Expression Level Helps Predict Response to ALX Oncology’s Evorpacept in Combination with Ziihera (zanidatamab-hrii) in Advanced HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
Trial Initiation / Enrollment
First Site Activated and First Patient Randomised in new brain cancer study VIGOR – EORTC‑2427‑BTG
CytoDyn Announces Funding and Initiation of Expanded Access Program for Patients with Triple-negative Breast Cancer
Four additional sites open for recruitment in Oncoinvent’s Phase 2 trial
Revolution Medicines Doses First Patient in Clinical Trial Evaluating RMC-5127, a RAS(ON) G12V-Selective Inhibitor
Preclinical
New publication in Cell Death & Disease demonstrates the versatility and safety of Vartumab for cytotoxic payload delivery in oncology
Preclinical Results of the Anti-CTLA-4 Switch Antibody ROSE12 Published in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
ME THERAPEUTICS SCIETIFIC AND CORPORATE UPDATE
Kazia Therapeutics Announces Compelling Preclinical and Translational Data for Nuclear PD-L1 Degrader (NDL2)
Biomarker
Tempus Reveals Its AI-Driven IPS Test More Accurately Predicts Immunotherapy Benefit Compared to Conventional Biomarkers
Caris Life Sciences’ Real-World Data Uncovers Metastatic Breast Cancer Patient Responses and Resistance to Trastuzumab Deruxtecan
GRAIL Submits FDA Premarket Approval Application for the Galleri Multi-Cancer Early Detection Test
Patents
Akari Therapeutics Files Key Patent and Unveils Second ADC Program AKTX-102 Targeting CEACAM5 Expressing Solid Tumors
NUCLIDIUM Announces Issuance of New U.S. Patent Covering its 61Cu-based Radiodiagnostic Program for PSMA-positive Prostate Cancer
Anixa Biosciences Receives Notice of Allowance from Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) for Patent Covering Breast Cancer Vaccine Technology
AB Science receives notice of allowance for US patent covering masitinib in the treatment of metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer
Abstract / Conference
QureBio Ltd. to Present at ASCO (Free ASCO Whitepaper) 2026 its Q-1802 Phase II Clinical Results
R&D Day / Investment Presentation
Delcath Systems to Participate at the BTIG 13th Annual MedTech, Digital Health, Life Science & Diagnostic Tools Conference
Personalis to Participate in the BTIG 13th Annual MedTech, Digital Health, Life Science & Diagnostic Tools Conference
Adicet Bio to Present at the Guggenheim Emerging Outlook: Biotech Summit 2026
Other
Greenwich LifeSciences Provides Update on FLAMINGO-01 Cash Burn Rate and Financing Strategy

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