Retrospective: CleanRooms_Dixon

In the phase 3 SHINE-2 trial, half of pediatric patients who responded to mirikizumab induction were in clinical remission at week 52. Lilly plans to file for a pediatric UC label expansion.

Guselkumab (Tremfya) sustained perianal fistula healing through 1 year in Crohn disease, with remission climbing to 35% in one FUZION dosing arm.

Interim phase 1/2 data presented at Retina in Rio 2026 showed sustained visual improvements with Opus Genetics’ AAV8 gene therapy OPGx-LCA5 and improved retinal sensitivity with OPGx-BEST1 in inherited retinal diseases.

Nathan Edwards of Arya Consulting moderates a discussion with Elisabeth Gardiner of Tevard Biosciences and Donny Xu of the RTW Institute about rare disease treatment development and navigating the FDA’s Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher Program.

Mirikizumab (Omvoh) achieved comprehensive disease control in 27.7% of UC patients and deep remission in 20.4% with Crohn disease at 1 year.

As ArsenalBio, TScan, Bristol Myers Squibb, and others abandon ex vivo programs for in vivo engineering, early clinical data and platform differences point to both the promise and the unresolved safety, manufacturing, and regulatory questions of generating CAR-T cells inside the body.

BNT113 plus pembrolizumab failed to significantly extend progression-free survival in a 285-patient HPV16-positive head and neck cancer trial.

Gilead will develop up to three PRO-XTEN T-cell engagers discovered by Vir Biotechnology for solid tumors in a deal worth up to $1.74 billion.