Artbio Inc. and 3B Pharmaceuticals GmbH have signed a worldwide, exclusive license and research agreement to develop an advanced preclinical stage first-in-class peptide α-radioligand therapy for the treatment of solid tumors.
Gain-of-function mutations and overexpression of the EZH2 gene lead to H3K27Me3 accumulation, which in turn initiates tumorigenesis and tumor progression, thus making it a promising target for therapy.
Astellas Pharma Inc. presented the first preclinical data on ASP-1002, a bispecific antibody targeting claudin-4 (CLDN4) and CD137, for the treatment of patients with metastatic or locally advanced solid tumors.
At the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) meeting that ended yesterday in Houston, Dragonfly Therapeutics Inc. reported the first preclinical data on DF-6215, an alpha-active IL-2-Fc, for cancer immunotherapy.
Ideaya Biosciences Inc. has exercised its option for an exclusive worldwide license for Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co. Ltd.’s B7H3/PTK7 topo-I-payload bispecific antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), BCG-034 (IDE-034), and nominated it as a development candidate.
Researchers from Eli Lilly & Co. presented the discovery and preclinical characterization of a novel protein tyrosine kinase 7 (PTK7)-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), LY-4175408, being developed for the treatment of cancer.
Researchers from Astrazeneca plc recently reported preclinical data for AZD-3470, a second-generation MTA-cooperative PRMT5 inhibitor currently in early clinical development for the treatment of patients with MTAP-deficient solid tumors (NCT06130553) and hematological cancers (NCT06137144).
