Chinese researchers have published data regarding XYD-113, a potent and selective GSPT1 degrader intended for potential use in the management of MYC-driven cancers.

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive human malignancy with a very poor 5-year survival rate of under 8%. Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are constitutively activated in PDACs. The atypical receptor-like tyrosine kinase RYK is overexpressed in several cancers and has been identified as a potential regulator of tumor signaling, but its role in PDAC remains little explored.

SL Science Holding Ltd. has submitted an orphan drug designation request to the FDA for its γδ T-cell therapy product, Vδ2+ γδ T cells, for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme.

The U.S. FDA declined to approve, for a third time, an investigational liver cancer drug regimen comprising HLB Co. Ltd.’s rivoceranib and Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s camrelizumab, reportedly citing issues from a drug manufacturing facility inspection.

Cancer researchers are increasingly turning to the microbiome to understand why some patients respond well to treatment while others face severe complications. Gut microbial communities shift during intensive therapies such as bone marrow transplantation, and those changes influence infection risk, immune recovery and long‑term survival. New advances in microbial sequencing and engineering redefine this community as a measurable clinical parameter that can be monitored, modeled, and even therapeutically reshaped to improve outcomes in oncology and other conditions.