Bright Peak Therapeutics Inc. has raised $90 million in a series C financing. Proceeds will be used to accelerate a pipeline of next-generation immunotherapies and advance BPT-567 into a phase I/IIa trial.
Calidi Biotherapeutics Inc. has announced a collaboration with Siga Technologies Inc. to support the development of Calidi’s systemic and targeted Rtnova (CLD-400) virotherapy platform, which has the potential to provide a universal treatment for all tumor types.
Shanghai Fudan-Zhangjiang Bio-Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has received IND clearance in China by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to conduct a phase I trial of its antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) FZ-AD005 for advanced solid tumors.
Pierre Fabre Laboratories (Pierre Fabre SA) has filed an IND application to the FDA to initiate a first-in-human trial with PFL-002 (VERT-002) for solid tumors, including non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Fibrogen Inc. has received IND clearance from the FDA allowing the company to initiate a phase I trial of FG-3165, a galectin-9 (Gal9)-targeted monoclonal antibody under development for treatment of solid tumors characterized by high levels of Gal9 expression.
Merck KGaA has announced it is advancing M-3554, a potential first-in-class anti-GD2 antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), toward the clinic. M-3554 links an exatecan payload with an anti-GD2 antibody.
Actym Therapeutics Inc. has obtained IND clearance from the FDA to begin a phase I trial of ACTM-838. The first-in-human study will enroll patients in the U.S. and Australia with advanced solid tumors who have failed prior lines of therapy and have no clinically beneficial treatment options.
Amphista Therapeutics Ltd. has unveiled a new mechanism of action for the degradation of the emerging oncology target BRD9 that is differentiated from cereblon- or VHL-based PROTACs.
