Bayer AG and Kumquat Biosciences Inc. have entered into an exclusive global license and collaboration agreement to develop and commercialize Kumquat’s KRAS G12D inhibitor.

Sareum Holdings plc has entered into a strategic collaboration with Receptor.AI Ltd. to accelerate the discovery and optimization of blood-brain barrier (BBB)-permeable, isoform-selective TYK2/JAK1 inhibitors. The aim is to generate candidates suitable for preclinical development in neuroinflammatory indications, such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease.

Around 10 million people globally live with the life-threatening human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1), yet it remains a poorly understood disease that currently has no preventative treatments and no cure.

Around 10 million people globally live with the life-threatening human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1), yet it remains a poorly understood disease that currently has no preventative treatments and no cure. That could soon change after Australian researchers discovered that existing HIV drugs can suppress transmission of the HTLV-1 virus in mice.

Around 10 million people globally live with the life-threatening human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1), yet it remains a poorly understood disease that currently has no preventative treatments and no cure. That could soon change after Australian researchers discovered that existing HIV drugs can suppress transmission of the HTLV-1 virus in mice.

Gate Bioscience Inc. has entered a collaboration and license agreement with Eli Lilly and Co. to discover, develop and commercialize molecular gate therapeutics. The collaboration will leverage Gate’s molecular gate drug discovery engine to identify molecular gates capable of eliminating specific difficult-to-drug proteins.

Matchpoint Therapeutics Inc. and Novartis AG have entered into an exclusive option and license agreement to develop and commercialize oral covalent inhibitors targeting a transcription factor linked to a number of inflammatory diseases. Matchpoint’s approach leverages the properties of covalent chemistry and a proprietary platform to target a novel binding site on a historically hard-to-drug protein.

Opus Genetics Inc. has entered a strategic partnership with the Global RDH12 Alliance to advance Opus’ gene therapy program for patients with vision loss due to retinol dehydrogenase 12 (RDH12) gene mutations.

Acumen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and JCR Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. have entered a collaboration, option and license agreement to develop a novel therapeutic candidate for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp., Veneno Technologies Co. Ltd. and Alpha Fusion Co. Ltd. have initiated a joint research collaboration in Japan to develop cancer drugs using targeted alpha therapy (TAT).