Scorpion Therapeutics Inc. has disclosed tetrahydroindole derivatives acting as EGFR (HER1; erbB1) and/or HER2 (erbB2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Iambic Therapeutics Inc. (formerly Entos Inc.) has closed a $100 million series B financing. The company intends to use this funding to support continued artificial intelligence (AI) platform innovations and advance candidates into clinical development.
Enliven Therapeutics Inc. has synthesized HER2 (erbB2) inhibitors, including Exon 20 insertion (Ex20Ins) mutant inhibitors, reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Half of patients with HER2-positive advanced breast cancer develop metastases in the central nervous system (CNS), even while receiving HER2-directed therapies.
Tricyclic fused pyrimidine compounds have been described in a Bristol Myers Squibb Co. patent as HER2 (erB2) and/or HER2 (erB2) mutant inhibitors with potential for the treatment of cancer.
Voronoi Inc. has identified heteroaryl compounds acting as HER2 (erbB2) and/or HER4 (erbB4) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
HER2 is a receptor tyrosine kinase and well-established oncogenic driver with mutations present in various types of tumors such as bladder urothelial carcinoma, uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma, stomach adenocarcinoma and breast cancer.
Blueprint Medicines Corp. has synthesized new diazepanone-fused pyrimidines acting as epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) (mutant) and/or HER2 (mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, atherosclerosis, eczema and psoriasis.
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG has presented data on the identification of several potent and selective tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) of HER2 that are highly active against its oncogenic exon 20 YVMA insertion mutant (HER2 YVMA), which is the most prevalent HER2 exon 20 mutation in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
