$2.4 Million in H1 2026 Capital Raises Ahead of Phase 3b ENDURANCE Trial May 19, 2026 – BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. (OTCQB: BCLI), a leading developer of adult stem cell therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that in May it entered into definitive agreements for a private placement yielding gross proceeds of $400,000. The transactions were priced at $0.95 per share, representing a 37.6% premium over the previous day's closing price of $0.69. Investors will also receive

May 18, 2026 -- VERTANICAL today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to VER-01, the company's first-in-class non-opioid investigational treatment for chronic low back pain. The FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation has been granted after two randomized, controlled Phase 3 trials demonstrated significant pain reduction, a favorable tolerability profile, and no evidence of dependence. In a direct Phase 3 head-to-head comparator study, V

May 18, 2026 -- USA News Group News Commentary — For more than two decades, B7-H3 sat on the shortlist of theoretically perfect cancer drug targets that nobody could quite figure out how to hit. The protein is broadly overexpressed across some of the most common — and most lethal — solid tumors, including prostate, lung, breast, ovarian, head and neck, and pancreatic cancers. It is largely absent from healthy tissue. It correlates with poor prognosis. On paper, it has every quality a drug develo

Regeneron has ponied up $125 million in cash and an equity investment in Parabilis Medicines to join forces on a new type of antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) that could have better luck binding to tricky target sites. At the center of the deal is Parabilis’ Helicon peptide platform. Helicons are stabilized, cell-penetrant alpha-helical peptides designed to engage intracellular protein targets. Their superpower is the ability to attach to flat surfaces that would otherwise make traditional small-mo

Positive Phase III readout of National Cancer Institute sponsored SWOG S1602 randomized clinical trial demonstrating non-inferior efficacy of the Tokyo strain of BCG (Tokyo-172 BCG) versus TICE BCG in BCG-naïve high-grade non-muscle invasive bladder cancer ImmunityBio to serve as sole U.S. Biologics License Application applicant for the Tokyo strain of BCG and plans to engage with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on regulatory pathway to address the over decade long unresolved BCG shortag

Approved for use before surgery based on DESTINY-Breast11 Phase III trial Approved for use following surgery based on DESTINY-Breast05 Phase III trial Two new indications bring AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s ENHERTU into curative-intent setting, reinforcing its role across stages of HER2-positive breast cancer AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s ENHERTU® (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for both the neoadjuvant and adjuvant treatmen

Extended follow-up data from the phase 3 study (20 months after reported topline data, median follow-up 58 months) confirmed a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in prostate cancer–specific disease-free survival (DFS) of 39% after aglatimagene administration compared to placebo, reinforcing the potential of aglatimagene to reduce the risk of tumor recurrence in men receiving radiotherapy for localized disease. Clinical benefit demonstrated in the intention-to treat

Patients treated with corabotase showed a rapid onset of action of 0.84 days and peak effect statistically superior to placebo At Week 24, 60.8% of patients treated with corabotase experienced clinically significant sustained duration of effect vs placebo and vs Dysport, defined as a score of “none” or “mild” of line severity Patient satisfaction scores at Week 24 were 82.8% Corabotase is currently being evaluated as an investigational treatment in aesthetic indications 16 May 2026 – Ipsen (Eur

Researchers at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine have uncovered new evidence that tiny particles created in the gut may contribute to inflammation and chronic diseases linked to aging. The findings provide fresh insight into the connection between gut health, metabolism, immune function, and even sleep-related biological stress. The study, published in Aging Cell, focused on gut luminal exosomes, microscopic particles that cells use to communicate by carrying proteins a

With the help of DNA testing company Natera and its personalized molecular residual disease (MRD) blood test Signatera, Roche’s PD-L1 inhibitor Tecentriq has chalked up its eleventh U.S. indication in the form of a new bladder cancer approval. Tecentriq and subcutaneous Tecentriq Hybreza can now be used as an adjuvant treatment for adult patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) who have circulating tumor DNA molecular residual disease (ctDNA MRD) following a cystectomy, as identified