Pliant Therapeutics Inc. has received FDA clearance of its IND application for PLN-101095, an oral, small-molecule, dual selective inhibitor of integrins αvβ8 and αvβ1.
Recurv Pharma Inc. is set to receive investment of up to $24 million from TVM Capital Life Science GmbH to support development up to phase IIa proof of concept of RP-001 to treat solid tumors.
Deka Biosciences Inc.'s IND application has been cleared by the FDA allowing the company to proceed with a phase I trial of DK-210 (EGFR) in patients with advanced solid cancer overexpressing epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFR).
Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc has received clearance of its IND application from the FDA to initiate a first-in-human phase I/IIa trial of LB-101 for the treatment of solid tumors.
Genetically modified derivatives of the chimeric oncolytic virus (OV) CF33 have previously shown cancer selectivity and oncolytic potency against various solid tumors.
Immunos Therapeutics AG has received full ethical institutional approval from the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) and regulatory approval from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to conduct a phase I trial of its lead program IOS-1002 in Australia.
Act Genomics (Hong Kong) Ltd. won U.S. FDA approval for its genomic profiling test for solid tumors, Actonco. This marks the first time an Asia-based company has received FDA clearance for a comprehensive genomic profiling test.
Ammax Bio Inc. has entered into an exclusive option with Evopoint Biosciences Co. Ltd. for a worldwide license, excluding Greater China, for the development and commercialization of a novel antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) for treating solid tumors.
Hotspot Therapeutics Inc. has received FDA clearance of its IND application for HST-1011, the company's investigational small-molecule allosteric inhibitor of casitas B-lineage lymphoma-B (CBL-B), an E3 ubiquitin protein ligase critically involved in immune cell response.