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European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)

European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)

Professional medical society

Appears in 4 stories · Last updated Nov 8, 2026

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J&J's experimental prostate cancer drug shrinks tumors in most patients

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Hosted presentation of JNJ-6143 Phase 1 data at 2026 Congress

Johnson & Johnson's experimental prostate cancer drug JNJ-6143 shrank tumors in 12 of 16 patients with measurable disease in a Phase 1 trial. The results were presented October 24 at the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress, and J&J's press release followed a day later.

Updated 3 days ago

Innovent presents first clinical data for first-in-class EGFR/B7H3 bispecific ADC

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Host of the 2026 congress where the data was presented

Innovent Biologics presented the first clinical data for IBI3001, an EGFR/B7H3 bispecific antibody-drug conjugate (ADC, a targeted drug carrying a chemotherapy payload), at the 2026 European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) congress. Of 57 patients who received the drug, 78.9% had two or more prior treatment lines. Among 53 patients evaluable for response, 30.2% responded and 88.7% had disease control.

Updated Oct 26

Innovent's IBI354 HER2 ADC posts high response rate in first-line breast cancer trial

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Host of the 2026 congress where IBI354 data was presented

Innovent presented Phase 2 results at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) congress on October 24. The data show its experimental HER2-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), IBI354, plus pertuzumab produced a 95% confirmed response rate in patients with unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer. That is 19 of 20 patients, and none developed interstitial lung disease (ILD), a lung inflammation that is a known risk with trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu).

Updated Oct 26

Apalutamide before and after prostate surgery reduces recurrence risk

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Hosted the ESMO Congress 2026 where the substudy was presented

Apalutamide taken for six months before and after prostate cancer surgery cut the risk of recurrence or death by 62% compared with surgery alone in a 408-patient substudy of the PROTEUS trial. Johnson & Johnson reported the results on Oct. 24, 2026; they were presented at the ESMO Congress in Madrid and accepted for publication by European Urology.

Updated Oct 26