Bicycle radionuclide conjugates (BRCs) have been developed as a unique radiotheranostic modality for imaging and targeting of proteins overexpressed by tumors, and they possess favorable drug-like properties allowing for effective delivery of radioisotopes. Researchers from Bicycletx Ltd. recently presented a new BRC that targets ephrin type-A receptor 2 (EphA2), named BCY-18469.
Carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) is a transmembrane protein involved in cell proliferation and transformation that is expressed in clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), colorectal cancer (CRC), and other hypoxic tumor types, but has low expression in healthy tissues.
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an exocrine pancreatic cancer with a poor prognosis and limited treatment options. There is a strong demand for new treatment strategies to overcome these challenges.
It has been previously demonstrated that glypican-3 (GPC3) is differentially expressed in hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC), making it a promising target for radiopharmaceutical therapy to treat HCC. At the ongoing meeting of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine in Vienna, researchers from Rayzebio Inc. and Peptidream Inc. presented the preclinical characterization of a novel proprietary peptide binder of GPC3, RAYZ-8009.
