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May 29, 2026 at 4:33 PM

Corcept Presents New Data at ASCO 2026: Lifyorli™ Overall Survival Across All Subgroups of Patients with Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer, Including Those with Recent Taxane Exposure

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (NASDAQ: CORT), a commercial-stage company engaged in the discovery and development of medications to treat severe endocrinologic, oncologic, metabolic and neurologic disorders by modulating the effects of the hormone cortisol, today presented new overall survival data from its pivotal Phase 3 ROSELLA trial of Lifyorli™ (relacorilant) plus nab-paclitaxel (a taxane chemotherapy) in an oral presentation at the ASCO 2026 (Ame...
May 29, 2026 at 3:15 PM

Landmark OPTIMA Trial Delivers Practice-Changing Evidence that Veracyte’s Prosigna Test Identifies Patients with High-Risk Breast Cancer Who Can Safely Avoid Chemotherapy

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OPTIMA Trial Delivers Practice-Changing Evidence that Prosigna Test Identifies Patients with High-Risk Breast Cancer Who Can Safely Avoid Chemo...
May 29, 2026 at 1:00 PM
May 29, 2026 at 10:14 AM

Massive Bio Partners with TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance and Navigating Trials to Expand Cancer Patients' Access to Clinical Trials

BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Massive Bio, a global precision oncology company, today announced a new partnership with TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance (TOUCH BBCA), a breast cancer patient advocacy organization, and Navigating Trials, a clinical trial navigation platform serving patients across all cancer types. Through this collaboration, Massive Bio's AI-powered trial matching will be made available directly within both organizations' digital platforms, giving their patient commu...
May 29, 2026 at 9:30 AM

Concert for Cures Series Surpasses $28 Million Raised for Cancer Research Following P!NK’s Electrifying Performance at Petco Park

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Curebound Concert for Cures Series Surpasses $28M Raised for Cancer Research. 2026 Concert Features Electrifying Performance by P!NK at Petco Park....
May 29, 2026 at 9:15 AM

Tempus Announces Initial Results from its Multimodal Foundation Model Efforts for Novel and Scalable Insight Generation in Oncology

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tempus AI, Inc. (NASDAQ: TEM), a technology company leading the adoption of AI to advance precision medicine, today announced the latest results from its mission to build Multimodal Foundation Models at the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. Tempus has been building novel biological foundation models and agentic workflows by leveraging its more than 500 petabytes of rich, molecularly grounded data—more than 45 million total de-identified...
May 29, 2026 at 9:00 AM

The Pershing Square Foundation Announces Its 2026 Lotus Award Recipients

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Pershing Square Foundation (the “Foundation”) today announced $6 million in funding to support eight pioneering scientists advancing innovative ovarian cancer research across the United States. For more than a decade, the Foundation has advanced transformative cancer research through the Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance (“PSSCRA”). Building on its longstanding commitment to cancer research and women’s health, the Foundation is now in the second year o...
May 29, 2026 at 8:15 AM

Tempus Receives FDA Approval for Tumor Only xT CDx, Enabling Migration of its Entire DNA Solid Tumor Portfolio

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tempus AI, Inc. (NASDAQ: TEM), a technology company leading the adoption of AI to advance precision medicine, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for a tumor-only indication for its xT CDx next-generation sequencing platform. With this expanded label, Tempus is the first laboratory to hold FDA companion diagnostic (CDx) approval for both tumor-only and tumor-normal comprehensive genomic profiling. Tempus xT CDx is a 648...
May 29, 2026 at 8:00 AM

Bristol Myers Squibb Announces CELMoD Mezigdomide Reduces Risk of Disease Progression or Death by More than 50% vs. Standard of Care in Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BMS Announces CELMoD Mezigdomide Reduces Risk of Disease Progression or Death by More than 50% vs. Standard of Care in.......
May 29, 2026 at 8:00 AM

Seven-Year Analysis from Pfizer’s LORBRENA CROWN Trial Shows Longest Progression-Free Survival Reported to Date in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced unprecedented seven-year follow-up results from the Phase 3 CROWN trial evaluating LORBRENA® (lorlatinib, a third-generation ALK inhibitor, available in Europe under the brand name LORVIQUA®) versus XALKORI® (crizotinib) in people with previously untreated, anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). At seven years, patients treated with LORBRENA had a 55% likelihood of re...
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