About 75% of patients with ovarian cancer are diagnosed with advanced disease. It is hence of high importance to explore reliable biomarkers and their mechanisms during pathology. Growing evidence exists regarding long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) as regulatory factors in several cellular processes.
Accent Therapeutics Inc. has completed a $75 million series C financing to support progression of its lead programs through early clinical development.
Ovarian cancer diagnostics company, Cleo Diagnostics Ltd. has developed a blood-based diagnostic test for ovarian cancer based on the CXCL10 biomarker, which is produced early and at high levels by ovarian cancers but is largely absent in nonmalignant disease.
NK Celltech Co. Ltd. has announced FDA clearance for a clinical trial of NK-010, a nongenetically modified allogeneic peripheral blood natural killer (NK) cell drug.
Angiopoietin-like 4 (ANGPTL4) is a glycosylated and secreted protein that functions as a regulator of cell metabolism and angiogenesis, and which has been shown to play a critical role in tumorigenesis.
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. has announced FDA approval of an IND application for JMT-106, a bispecific fusion protein drug, for glypican-3 (GPC3)-positive solid tumors.
Hemispherian AS has been granted NOK16 million (US$1.54 million) by the Research Council of Norway, which the company intends to use to support development of its drug candidates aimed at treating platinum-resistant ovarian cancers.
Repare Therapeutics Inc. has identified membrane-associated tyrosine- and threonine-specific Cdc2-inhibitory kinase (PKMYT1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
