Medigene AG has announced a prioritization of its pipeline as it advances its differentiated T-cell receptor engineered T cell (TCR-T) therapies for solid tumors.
The Swedish Medical Products Agency has authorized Uppsala University's clinical trial application to initiate an investigator-sponsored, first-in-human study of UP-421, an allogeneic, primary islet cell therapy engineered with Sana Biotechnology Inc.'s hypoimmune technology, in patients with type 1 diabetes.
Sirpant Immunotherapeutics Inc.’s lead product candidate, Sirpant-M (SI-101), has been awarded U.S. orphan drug designation for the treatment of T-cell lymphoma.
Researchers from Adicet Bio Inc. reported on the preclinical development of ADI-925, an engineered Chimeric Adapter (CAd) γδ1 T-cell therapy that targets major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related protein A/B (MICA/MICB) and ULBP1-6 expressed in tumor cells.
Itolerance Inc. and Kadimastem Ltd. have submitted a meeting request to the FDA's INTERACT committee for ITOL-102, which is under development as a potential cure for type 1 diabetes without the need for chronic immunosuppression.
Bit Bio Ltd. (dba Bit.bio) has disclosed its cell therapy pipeline and a lead cell therapy candidate, bbHEP01, which is targeted to enter the clinic in 2025.
Researchers from Umoja Biopharma Inc. presented the discovery and preclinical evaluation of UB-VV200, a third-generation lentiviral vector containing a multi-domain fusion (MDF) protein consisting of a T cell-targeting anti-CD3 scFv and costimulatory proteins.
Sparx Group has formed a strategic alliance with Arovella Therapeutics Ltd. for the development of a CLDN18.2-chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cell therapy.
Recurrent driver mutations in FMS-related receptor tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) occur in around one-third of patients with de novo acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Although most FLT3 mutations are secondary events in leukemogenesis, they are associated with accelerated clonal expansion and disease progression, and treatment with the tyrosine kinase inhibitor midostaurin has been shown to increase patients’ long-term survival. However, the efficacy of FLT3 inhibitors in eliminating FLT3-mutated clones is variable.
Medigene AG has selected its lead candidate for MDG-2011, a T-cell receptor engineered T-cell (TCR-T) therapy targeting KRAS G12V with HLA-A*11 and being developed in combination with the company’s PD1-41BB costimulatory switch protein (CSP) technology.