Beijing Neox Biotech Co. Ltd. has synthesized proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising a cereblon (CRBN)-targeting moiety covalently bound to a Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK)-targeting moiety through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Researchers from Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and affiliated organizations published preclinical data for a new class of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma translocation protein 1 (MALT1) inhibitors being developed as candidates for the treatment of lymphoma.
Researchers at Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College have disclosed pyrrolopyrimidine compounds acting as Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, lymphoma, primary central nervous system, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Previous studies with mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma translocation protein 1 (MALT1) inhibitors have demonstrated their potential as antitumor agents across several tumor models when administered alone or in combination with standard treatments.
Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine and Scenic Biotech BV presented promising preclinical data on SC-2882, a first-in-class specific glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase-like (QPCTL) inhibitor that induces secondary proteolytic degradation of the monocyte chemo attractants CCL2 and CCL7 and inactivation of the “don’t-eat-me” signal CD47, as a novel therapeutic for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
Glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase-like protein (QPCTL) is a modulator of CD47-SIRPα binding and can be targeted to achieve antitumor responses through myeloid checkpoint blockade. At the recent ESMO meeting in Madrid, researchers from Insilico Medicine Inc. reported the preclinical characterization of ISM-8207, a QPCTL inhibitor with activity against triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
Wuhan Zhongcheng Health Bio-Pharm Technology Co. Ltd. has divulged naphthyridine derivatives acting as ATR kinase inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, psoriasis, keloids and benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Immuno-oncology company Imugene Ltd. has acquired a worldwide exclusive license to Precision Biosciences Inc.’s allogeneic CD19 CAR T-cell therapy program in a deal worth more than $227 million. The off-the-shelf CD19 CAR T-cell therapy, azercabtagene zapreleucel (azer-cel), could potentially be the first allogeneic CAR T to be approved, Imugene CEO Leslie Chong told BioWorld.
Immuno-oncology company Imugene Ltd. has acquired a worldwide exclusive license to Precision Biosciences Inc.’s allogeneic CD19 CAR T-cell therapy program in a deal worth more than $227 million. The off-the-shelf CD19 CAR T-cell therapy, azercabtagene zapreleucel (azer-cel), could potentially be the first allogeneic CAR T to be approved, Imugene CEO Leslie Chong told BioWorld.
Salarius Pharmaceuticals Inc. has received FDA clearance of its IND application to initiate a phase I trial with SP-3164 in patients with relapsed/refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).
