Yuhan Corp., of Seoul, South Korea, added a new potential cancer drug to its oncology pipeline, licensing a son of sevenless homolog 1 (SOS1) inhibitor co-developed by Cyrus Therapeutics Inc. and Kanaph Therapeutics Inc. for ₩208 billion (US$156.3 million).
Hangzhou Zhongmei Huadong Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has described GTPase KRAS (G12D mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Jiangsu Tasly Diyi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has divulged Wee1-like protein kinase (Wee1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of inflammation, infection, cancer and autoimmune disease.
Medshine Discovery Inc. has synthesized amino-substituted heteroaryl derivatives acting as protein arginine N-methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc. has described molecular glue degraders comprising cereblon ligands and a casein kinase 1 Isoform α (CK1α) targeting moiety acting as CK1α degradation inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Bispecific antibodies acting through CEACAM5/CD3 targeting have limited efficacy due to dose-limiting toxicities, insufficient T-cell activation and formation of anti-drug antibodies (ADAs). Researchers from Novimmune SA and Lampkap Bio Alpha AG have published data on a CEACM5/CD3 bispecific antibody, NILK-2301, which is formed by a heavy chain plus two different light chains (kappa and lambda body) as a potential immunotherapeutic with better efficacy and lower potential for ADA formation.
Researchers at Admare Bioinnovations, Lifearc and Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) have disclosed DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Ningbo Newbay Medical Technology Co. Ltd. has identified poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
