Ideaya Biosciences Inc. has announced FDA clearance of an IND application for IDE-275 (GSK-959), a small-molecule inhibitor of Werner helicase (WRN) discovered by Ideaya in collaboration with GSK plc.
AKT1 E17K is the most frequent gain of function mutation of the AKT1 gene. This mutation promotes pathologic localization of AKT1 to the plasma membrane and has been shown to induce leukemia in mice. Current options for AKT1 E17K-driven tumors are limited.
Ottimo Pharma Ltd. has emerged from stealth with a focus on developing innovative cancer therapies for solid tumors. The company’s lead program is jankistomig, a PD-1/VEGFR-2 bifunctional antibody.
The advantages of affibodies vs. antibodies are that they have a smaller size, better penetration and faster extravasation, can be produced both recombinantly and synthetically, and show robustness regarding protein scaffold.
Jiangsu Xingsheng Xinhui Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has synthesized new membrane-associated tyrosine- and threonine-specific Cdc2-inhibitory kinase (PKMYT1) inhibitors that are potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
An Acerta Pharma BV patent describes new 1-H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridine compounds acting as menin (MEN1)/MLL interaction inhibitors and thus reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Aevisbio Inc. and the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology have jointly developed new compounds targeting protein cereblon (CRBN) reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
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