Top-line data from Glycomimetics Inc.’s pivotal phase III study of uproleselan in 388 patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia missed its primary endpoint. The data crippled the stock, which closed at the low point of its 10-year existence.

In tumors with amino acid deprivation, eIF-2α kinase GCN2 is activated and triggers a signaling response to promote cell survival and proliferation. This is important in high metabolically active hematological cancers, such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Using its artificial intelligence/machine learning platform, Aurigen, Auron Therapeutics Inc. has identified histone acetyltransferase KAT2A/B as a driver of tumor cell plasticity and designed new small-molecule degraders of KAT2A/B.

Top-line data from the phase II Kickstart study of Effector Therapeutics Inc.’s tomivosertib as a frontline treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer failed to produce data strong enough to continue development in the indication. The company has decided to halt the study, move ahead with a separate, investigator-sponsored study of tomivosertib in acute myeloid leukemia and focus on another drug in its pipeline for treating breast cancer. Effector’s stock (NASDAQ:EFTR) crumpled on the NCSLC news as shares plunged 82% on April 4 to close at $2.96 each. The closing value was the lowest the company has seen in the past 12 months.

Eilean Therapeutics LLC has announced clearance by the Human Research Ethics Committee in Australia for a first-in-human phase I trial of balamenib (ZE63-0302), an oral small-molecule inhibitor of the menin-KMT2A interaction.

Kling Biotherapeutics BV has presented preclinical data on an antibody, KBA-1413, which recognizes a specific glycoform of CD43 that is shared among acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and solid tumor cells.