Ohio State University has described NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) inhibitors acting as radiosensitizers for radiation therapy reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Regor Pharmaceuticals Inc. has divulged phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, congenital lipomatous overgrowth, vascular malformations, epidermal naevi, skeletal abnormalities and scoliosis, among others.
Marking the second global approval after Japan, the U.S. FDA has approved Datroway (datopotamab deruxtecan), a trophoblast cell surface antigen 2-directed antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) from Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. and Astrazeneca plc, for treating adults with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative unresectable or recurrent breast cancer after prior chemotherapy.
The University of Michigan has synthesized proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising a von Hippel-Lindau disease tumor suppressor (VHL)-binding moiety coupled to a signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3)-targeting moiety via a linker.
Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has synthesized kinesin-like protein KIF18A inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Researchers have developed an innovative immunotoxin (a fusion protein called GrB-Fc-KS49) designed to target epithelial membrane protein-2 (EMP2), a biomarker overexpressed in more than 75% of breast cancer cases, including triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).
Anges Inc. has entered into a sponsored research agreement with Stanford University School of Medicine for the development of novel cancer therapies using genome editing technology. The parties aim to combine nucleic acid drug delivery technology developed at Stanford with the genome editing technology of Emendobio Inc., a subsidiary of Anges.
Joining the dealmaking spree to kick off the 2025 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Eli Lilly and Co. announced it was picking up an early clinical-stage PI3Kα inhibitor program from Scorpion Therapeutics Inc. in a deal that could be worth up to $2.5 billion, while GSK plc is adding to its cancer pipeline with the acquisition of Idrx Inc. for $1 billion up front.
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. has obtained clinical trial approval from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for SYS-6041, an antibody-drug conjugate, for advanced solid tumors.
