Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is still one of the most aggressive cancers, with a high mortality rate among patients. Previous findings have pointed to chitinase 3-like 1 (CHI3L1) as being behind PDAC resistance to gemcitabine, and thus a promising therapeutic target.
Chengdu Zeling Biomedical Technology Co. Ltd. has identified compounds acting as NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, and inflammatory, autoimmune, cardiovascular, renal, gastrointestinal, respiratory and neurological disorders.
DNA polymerase θ (POLθ), repressed in somatic cells and overexpressed in several types of cancer, is crucial for DNA double-strand break repair during mitosis.
The TRPV6 calcium channel is overexpressed in several types of cancer deriving from epithelia where calcium control is unbalanced, such as prostate, colon or breast cancer, among others.
Medigene AG has obtained FDA clearance of its IND application for lead program MDG-1015 for the treatment of advanced gastric cancer, ovarian cancer, myxoid/round cell liposarcoma and synovial sarcoma.
Abdera Therapeutics Inc.’s ABD-147 has been granted U.S. orphan drug designation for the treatment of neuroendocrine carcinoma. ABD-147 is a next-generation precision radiopharmaceutical biologic therapy designed to deliver actinium-225 (225Ac) to solid tumors expressing DLL3.
Nextpoint Therapeutics Inc. has unveiled NPX-372, a novel T-cell engager for solid tumors. NPX-372 is a CD3 bispecific antibody with unique capabilities to redirect T cell-mediated cytotoxicity toward B7-H7-positive tumors such as colorectal carcinoma, non-small-cell lung cancer, renal cell carcinoma and prostate cancer.
The dark matter of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) is shades brighter, after the signing of two major deals between biotech pioneers and big pharma in the past week. Haya Therapeutics SA announced Sept. 4 that it has sealed a multiyear agreement with Eli Lilly and Co. to apply its lncRNA platform technology to identify targets in obesity and related metabolic disorders.
Jiangsu Vcare Pharmatech Co. Ltd. has described proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase binding moiety covalently linked to a Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) targeting moiety via a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
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