Researchers from Zjengzhou University reported on the discovery and preclinical characterization of a novel PROTAC agent aimed at overcoming paclitaxel (Taxol) resistance in non-small-cell lung cancer treatment.
Eli Lilly & Co. has selected FHD-909, a first-in-class oral BRM-selective inhibitor, for clinical development from its 2021 collaboration with Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. Lilly plans to file an IND for FHD-909 in the second quarter of this year. The primary target patient population is BRG1-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer.
Oncology company Arrivent Biopharma Inc.’s stock (NASDAQ:AVBP) shot up 11% on Jan. 26, its first day of trading, with its upsized IPO pricing 9.72 million shares at $18 each, raising gross proceeds of $175 million.
CDR-Life Inc. has announced FDA clearance of an IND application for CDR-404, its lead program in development as a precision immunotherapy for solid tumors.
What had been viewed as a major catalyst for Gilead Sciences Inc. going into 2024 turned into a disappointment on the stock market, as antibody-drug conjugate Trodelvy (sacituzumab govitecan) failed to meet the overall survival primary endpoint in the phase III Evoke-01 study in previously treated metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Researchers at Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (MFMER) and University of Nebraska have described proteolysis targeting chimeric (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase binding moiety covalently linked to a hepatocyte growth factor receptor (HGFR; MET)-targeting moiety through a linker reported to be useful for the cancer.
Medshine Discovery Inc. has identified EGFR (del19/Thr790Met/Cys797Ser triple mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are one of the major advances for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) management in recent years.
Bridgebio Pharma Inc. has obtained FDA clearance for its IND application for BBO-8520, a first-in-class orally bioavailable and potent small-molecule direct inhibitor of KRAS G12C (ON) state. The company expects to begin enrolling patients with KRAS G12C mutant non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the first half of this year.
