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ASCO 2026: Fresh off an IPO, Eikon Therapeutics Chairman & CEO Roger Perlmutter describes the scientific idea behind the company, and walks us through the leading programs

The lead two programs, which target TLR7/8 and PARP1, have data at ASCO and were licensed with the idea of laying the foundation for clinical expertise at Eikon. Another clinical program, a WRN helicase inhibitor, is the first to entirely come out of Eikon's platform. Plus, Dr. Perlmutter's take on being a public company, and his thoughts on China as a medicine cabinet to the world.

ASCO 2026: "The results that we presented from the RASolute 302 trial are unprecedented." - The CEO behind this year's pancreatic cancer breakthrough walks us through the full results and implications

Dr. Mark Goldsmith of Revolution Medicines describes the benefit seen by advanced patients who received the pancreatic cancer pill daraxonrasib vs those in a control group of investigator's choice standard-of-care chemotherapy, and he discusses the medicine's side effect profile. Plus, next steps for this treatment in pancreatic cancer and beyond.

London based Cytospire Therapeutics has announced an $83M series A financing to develop first-in-class pan-gamma delta T-cell engagers - the lead program is an EGFR targeting solid tumors

Co-Founder & CEO Natalie Mount discusses the raise, and explains why she believes gamma delta T-cell engagers have advantages over CD3s. After presenting preclinical data at the recent AACR annual meeting, the lead EGFR program is preparing to go into the clinic.

Replimune's Chairman discusses FDA's polarizing decision to not approve the company's melanoma treatment after a new review. He says they have filed a FOIA request to learn more about FDA's process

Philip Astley-Starke describes the timeline of development of this oncolytic immunotherapy, his impression of FDA's review process and decisions around it, and the status of where the treatment stands today.

Invivyd develops monoclonal antibodies to prevent or treat infectious diseases. This approach could be useful in tamping down the measles outbreaks that have been occurring due to under-vaccination

CSO Robert Allen describes Invivyd's approach and why antibodies can be a good approach, especially as it relates to being resistant to viral evolution. He walks us through the science and some potential use cases.