27 October 2025   As we enter a new era of drug discovery, where IND authorization can now be granted based on human data only, marking a clean departure from mandatory animal testing, Qureator's human organ-on-chip platform has laid the groundwork for the world’s first IND approval of its kind .   The IND grant concerns SillaJen's BAL0891-tislelizumab combination therapy to treat solid tumors. Qureator's patient-derived vascularized tumor-immune microenvironment (TME) model

16 December 2025   Put in place to accelerate the development of innovative cancer therapies through collaboration initiatives, the Netherlands-based Oncode Accelerator program announces launching of its Demonstrator Project. Through this project, researchers and drug developers will be able to share expertise, experimental platforms, and infrastructure to advance novel therapeutic approaches.   Recent advances in cancer therapies and in particular immunotherapy have produce

12 November 2025   Inventia Life Science's 3D bioprinted patient-derived cancer models has opened the door for Hunter Medical Research Institute to advance its drug repurposing program into Australian New Zealand clinical trials .   The drug in question, efavirenz, is known as an antiretroviral NNRTI (non‑nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor) used for treating HIV. Its repurposing has the potential to improve the survival of patients with high-grade serous ovarian cance