On October 14, 2026, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved nogapendekin alfa inbakicept-pmln (Anktiva, Altor BioScience, LLC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of ImmunityBio, Inc.) with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) for adults with BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). This revises the prior indication for adults with BCG-unresponsive NMIBC with carcinoma in situ (CIS) with or without papillary tumors to include patients with high-grade papillary-only tumors.
