Los Angeles – September 17, 2026 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to Armata Pharmaceuticals' AP-SA02, an intravenous multi-phage candidate for complicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, stacking the designation atop existing Fast Track and Qualified Infectious Disease Product status.

Singapore – September 16, 2026 -- Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have eradicated tumours in 75 per cent of tested preclinical models using pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMFs) alone, without chemotherapy, after just four 30-minute sessions. The study, led by Associate Professor Alfredo Franco-Obregón of the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, was published in the journal Smart Medicine on June 4, 2026.

Chengdu – September 16, 2026 -- Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (6990.HK) said phase III results for its HER2-targeted antibody-drug conjugate trastuzumab botidotin have been published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, a journal with an impact factor of 44.7, after the drug outperformed Roche's trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) in a head-to-head trial and secured approval from China's National Medical Products Administration.

Gstaad – September 16, 2026 -- Tomonari Abe, President of 295-year-old Abe Yoando Pharma Co., Ltd., has become the first Japanese speaker in the history of the Longevity Investors Conference, running September 14-17, 2026 in Gstaad, Switzerland.

Shanghai and Hong Kong – September 16, 2026 -- Antengene Corporation Limited (SEHK: 6996.HK) has published preclinical data showing that combining its CD73 inhibitor ATG-037 with selinexor suppressed tumor growth by 62% in a multiple myeloma mouse model, versus 31% for ATG-037 alone and 43% for selinexor alone. The peer-reviewed paper, developed with the Department of Hematology at Peking University Third Hospital, appears in Cancer Gene Therapy, an SCI journal under Springer Nature (DOI: 10.1038/s41417-026-01078-9).

Suzhou – – September 16, 2026 -- Accro Bioscience said AC-101 tablets have been included in the National Medical Products Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) "Caring Plan-Extension" pilot program, targeting Blau syndrome as the proposed indication, with the public notice period closing September 11, 2026.

Morristown, N.J. – September 16, 2026 -- Whitehawk Therapeutics (Nasdaq: WHWK) presented real-world data at the IASLC 2026 World Conference on Lung Cancer in Seoul showing that PTK7 expression remains stable in pretreated, EGFR wild-type non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), reinforcing the target biology behind its Phase 1 antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) HWK-007.

Seoul – September 16, 2026 -- Johnson & Johnson reported that its RYBREVANT (amivantamab-vmjw) plus chemotherapy combination extended median overall survival to 34.3 months in patients with EGFR exon 20 insertion-mutated advanced non-small cell lung cancer, compared with 27.9 months for chemotherapy alone, according to final data from the Phase 3 PAPILLON study.

Seoul – September 16, 2026 -- A phase III trial of tambotatug pelitecan (Tam-Peli, YL201), an anti-B7-H3 antibody-drug conjugate, cut the risk of death by 54% compared with standard-of-care topotecan in patients with relapsed small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), according to data presented at the IASLC 2026 World Conference on Lung Cancer.

Seoul – September 16, 2026 -- Risvutatug rezetecan (Ris-Rez), a B7-H3-directed antibody-drug conjugate, reduced the risk of death by 54% compared with topotecan in patients with relapsed small-cell lung cancer, according to Phase III ARTEMIS-008 trial results presented at the IASLC 2026 World Conference on Lung Cancer.