Nodus Oncology Ltd. closed on the first £2.4 million (US$2.9 million) of £12 million it expects to raise in a number of tranches over the next 12 months, to source and take forward third-generation DNA damage response (DDR) programs.
Onxeo SA has expanded its pipeline of drug candidates with OX-425, an optimized new compound of the OX-400 series sourced from its proprietary Platon platform.
Startup Avelos Therapeutics Inc. raised $8 million in series A funding that will launch the company’s biomarker-driven cancer therapy pipeline using its synthetic lethality platform. Participating in the series A funding were SV Investment, UTC Investment, Quad Investment Management, Timepolio Asset Management, Mirae Asset Venture Investment and Mirae Asset Capital.
Nodus Oncology Ltd. is set to explore new avenues of DNA damage response by targeting the chromosome next-door neighbors of tumor suppressor genes that are damaged when tumor suppressor genes are inactivated via homozygous deletion. These collaterally deleted ‘passenger genes’ play diverse functions in cell homeostasis and so present a number of molecularly targeted vulnerabilities that can provide a route to destroying cells which carry a tumor suppressor gene.
Schrödinger Inc. has paired up with Zai Lab Ltd. to collaborate on an oncology program targeting DNA damage response (DDR) in a deal that could net Schrödinger up to $338 million.
Schrödinger Inc. has paired up with Zai Lab Ltd. to collaborate on an oncology program targeting DNA damage response (DDR) in a deal that could net Schrödinger up to $338 million.
A genome-wide association study has identified 290 genetic variants, including a wide range of DNA damage response genes, that are associated with age at menopause.
LONDON – Artios Ltd. has closed a $153 million series C, positioning it to intensify clinical development of its two lead programs, whilst applying its DNA damage response platform to exploit the full spectrum of vulnerabilities presented by inhibition of DNA damage repair enzymes.
LONDON – DNA damage response (DDR) specialist Artios Pharma Ltd. has signed a potential $1.3 billion deal to apply its technology to discover drugs that will work in combination with Novartis AG’s radioligand therapies.
LONDON – Drug discovery specialist Evotec SE has attracted €30 million (US$33.6 million) in venture capital funding for Breakpoint Therapeutics GmbH, a virtual spin-out formed to take forward programs in DNA damage response (DDR).
