Leukogene Therapeutics Inc.’s lead product candidate LTI-214 (M2T-CD33) has been awarded orphan drug designation by the FDA for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
Celltrion Inc. announced Oct. 29 the signing of an $87.75 million joint drug R&D agreement with AI and spatial transcriptome-based biotech Portrai Inc.
Lepu Biopharma Co. Ltd. said Oct. 30 it won Chinese approval of a novel antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), Meiyouheng (becotatug vedotin injection), making it China’s first epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-directed ADC for advanced nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC).
Just as investors were looking ahead to news by year-end on Prelude Therapeutics Inc.’s SMARCA2-targeted degraders, the firm said work in the space will be halted, with efforts shifting toward the mutant selective JAK2V617F JH2 inhibitor program by way of a new deal with Incyte Corp.
Beijing Innocare Pharma Tech Co. Ltd. has synthesized E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase CBL-B (CBLB) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
At the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, Frontier Medicines Corp. presented a first-in-class covalent activator of p53 Y220C with high potency and selectivity in restoring p53 tumor suppressor function.
Oncolytic viruses are a potential therapeutic approach that uses viruses to selectively infect and kill cancer cells. In a new publication in Cell Reports Medicine, researchers from Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf and Abalos Therapeutics GmbH show that tumor-tropic mutations in lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) enhance selective replication in cancer cells.
Early stage data from Terns Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s lead candidate showed a large reduction in the number of leukemia cells in those with previously treated chronic myeloid leukemia. Results from the ongoing phase I Cardinal study of TERN-701, an oral, allosteric BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitor, were “unprecedented,” according to Terns.
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