● A 1-for-6 reverse split lifted HCW Biologics back into Nasdaq compliance in June, and early Phase 1 data for its lead immunotherapeutic followed weeks later. But the clinical-stage biotech ended the quarter with just $1.23 million in cash and an explicit going-concern warning.
● HeartSciences Inc. (Nasdaq: HSCS), developer of the MyoVista AI-ECG cardiac screening platform, has agreed to merge into Fortitude, a Zcash-focused cryptocurrency mining venture majority owned by Digital Currency Group, in an all-stock deal targeted to close in the second half of 2026.
● Nine months after the FDA authorized IceCure's ProSense cryoablation device for a narrow slice of low-risk breast cancer, the company is pressing for wider guideline recognition and enrolling patients in a post-marketing study, even as it works through a deep reverse split and …
● IN8bio's gamma-delta T-cell therapy INB-200 showed longer progression-free and overall survival than historical glioblastoma benchmarks in a small Phase 1 study now published in a peer-reviewed journal, adding validation to a pipeline still years from any approval decision.
● Imunon's DNA-based IL-12 immunotherapy IMNN-001 posted a 14.7-month median overall-survival benefit in final Phase 2 ovarian-cancer data, while its pivotal Phase 3 trial enrolls ahead of schedule. A June financing and a going-concern warning underline the cash pressure facing the clinical-stage company.
● Intensity Therapeutics resumed dosing in its INVINCIBLE-4 breast-cancer trial on July 15, 2026, after a redesigned, single-injection protocol addressed skin-irritation issues, while the small biotech reported just $10.2 million in cash and more than 20 partnering conversations for lead drug INT230-6.
● Creative Medical Technology Holdings reported statistically significant interim data for its lower-back-pain cell therapy and won FDA clearance to expand the trial, even as its market value has fallen to roughly $2.6 million and dilution risk looms.
● Curis, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRIS) reported updated objective-response data for its IRAK4/FLT3 inhibitor emavusertib in primary CNS lymphoma and dosed the first patients in a new chronic lymphocytic leukemia study, as the small-cap biotech works through a thin cash position and a shareholder-approved reverse …
● Dermata Therapeutics is building patent protection for its needle-free "Bioneedle" delivery system in dermal fillers even as it abandons a prescription acne drug for an over-the-counter consumer brand, Tome Skincare. With roughly $6.9 million in cash and a market value near $5 million, …
● Eloxx's June 2026 Nasdaq uplisting and $66 million offering were followed in late July by Buy-equivalent initiations from Guggenheim ($43 target) and LifeSci Capital ($40 target), both citing early kidney biopsy data for lead candidate exaluren in Alport syndrome.