Beone Medicines (Beijing) Co. Ltd. has disclosed an antibody-drug conjugate comprising an antibody targeting fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 isoform 2 (FGFR2; FGFR2b) covalently linked to cytotoxic agent through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) and gastric cancer.
China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has accepted for review Carsgen Therapeutics Holdings Ltd.’s NDA for satricabtagene autoleucel (satri-cel, CT-041), an autologous CAR T candidate targeting Claudin18.2 for treating Claudin18.2-positive advanced gastric/gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (G/GEJA) in patients who have failed at least two prior lines of therapy. Just one day earlier, Carsgen announced that it had submitted the satri-cel NDA to the NMPA.
China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has accepted for review Carsgen Therapeutics Holdings Ltd.’s NDA for satricabtagene autoleucel (satri-cel, CT-041), an autologous CAR T candidate targeting Claudin18.2 for treating Claudin18.2-positive advanced gastric/gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (G/GEJA) in patients who have failed at least two prior lines of therapy. Just one day earlier, Carsgen announced that it had submitted the satri-cel NDA to the NMPA.
CDR-Life Inc. has announced CDR-609 as its next clinical candidate. Built on the company’s proprietary M-gager platform, CDR-609 is a novel T-cell engager targeting LGR5, a surface antigen widely expressed on common solid tumors, including colorectal, gastric, liver and pancreatic cancers.
Betta Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has described proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising a VHL-binding agent coupled to a GTPase KRAS-targeting moiety through a linker acting as KRAS degradation inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Gastric cancer, which is the fifth most frequent cancer globally and the third most frequent cause of cancer-related deaths, can be managed relatively well with existing therapies. Advanced gastric cancer, in contrast, is more difficult to manage.
Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc. has divulged molecular glues as cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) degradation inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and amyloidosis.
Scientists at Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Hengrui Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have described GTPase KRAS (G12D mutant) and/or KRAS (G12V mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Scientists at F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. have identified macrocyclic compounds acting as GTPase KRAS (G12D mutant) and/or (G13D mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
