Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are interesting targets in metastatic cancers. Oncobone Therapeutics Ltd. recently presented data on a new CDK9/13 dual inhibitor – OBP-004 – as a potential approach for treating metastatic cancers.
CDR-609 is a T-cell engager therapeutic from CDR-Life Inc. that targets Leucine-rich repeat-containing G protein-coupled receptor 5 (LGR5) with potential for treating colorectal cancer.
Leading advances in cancer research, the 2025 AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics highlighted some of the field’s most promising innovations. Parabilis Medicines Inc. and Tango Therapeutics Inc. presented their work on potential therapeutic targets that may signal significant shifts in the future of cancer treatment.
Stakeholders of all stripes have wondered whether transcatheter aortic valve replacement devices could match their surgically implanted cousins for device durability, but seven-year data from the Partner 3 trial seems to suggest that patients, physicians, payers and regulators need not fret as the topline numbers showed no statistically significant difference for outcomes such as mortality and morbidity.
Medtronic plc’s SPYRAL HTN-ON MED trial demonstrated significantly greater reduction in blood pressure with the Symplicity Spyral renal denervation procedure at three years than a sham procedure in a study presented as featured clinical research at the 2025 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference in San Francisco.
Cordis Corp. has quite a bit to crow about in this latter part of October 2025 with the unveiling of results of two studies that back the Miami Lakes, Fla.-based company’s Selution SLR drug-eluting balloon (DEB) for both de novo coronary artery stenosis and in-stent restenosis.
Stem cells are a promising therapeutic modality to fight aging and age-related disease, speakers at the Bio-Plus Interphex Korea 2025 said. Progress in cell-based longevity medicine is being made, they added, although safety, ethical and regulatory issues are ongoing challenges.
An examination of X-ray and MRI scans of 518 patients before and after treatment with Levicept Ltd.’s Levi-04 has shown that, in addition to providing significant analgesia, the selective neurotrophin-3 inhibitor may have a disease-modifying effect in osteoarthritis of the knee.
Revolution Medicines Inc. has developed and presented data for their KRAS codon 13-targeting compound, RMC-8839, for treating non-small-cell lung cancers.
Forx Therapeutics AG presented data on their PARG inhibitor – FORX-428 – for the treatment of cancer. FORX-428 is a highly potent, selective and orally bioavailable PARG inhibitor that showed strong and reversible binding to the catalytic domain of the human PARG enzyme.
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