Architect Therapeutics Inc. has identified new spiro heterocyclic cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer, myeloproliferative, autoimmune disease, inflammatory disorder, viral infections and fibrosis.
CDKs are central regulators of cell-cycle progression in cancer, with resistance to CDK4/6 inhibitors frequently converging on CDK2 activation through cyclin E upregulation or CCNE1 amplification, supporting CDK2 inhibition as a strategy to restore cell-cycle control. Researchers from Novartis AG have revealed the preclinical profile of ECI-830, an oral bioavailable, highly selective ATP-competitive CDK2 inhibitor.
Adlai Nortye Biopharma Co. Ltd. and Adlai Nortye Pte Ltd. have divulged cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) and/or CDK4 and/or CDK6 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of inflammatory disorders, immunological disorders and cancer.
Researchers from Eilean Therapeutics LLC and collaborators presented the discovery and characterization of a new, selective CDK2 inhibitor showing potent in vitro and in vivo activity at the 2025 AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics.
Tyk Medicines Inc. has patented new cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) and/or cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, infections, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular, inflammatory and immunological disorders.
Insilico Medicine Inc. has disclosed substituted thiazole compounds acting as cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
In tumoral cells, the modulation of the G1/S phases of cell cycle is destabilized by amplification and high expression of cyclin E (CCNE) or by mutation or loss of retinoblastoma 1 (RB1) gene. Cancer cells meeting these characteristics have been sown to be highly sensitive to cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) depletion.
Gynecological cancers with amplifications in the CCNE1 gene, which encodes cyclin E1, usually exhibit resistance to standard therapies. Since cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) is the primary partner of cyclin E, CDK2 inhibitors represent a potentially effective treatment strategy for these malignancies.
