Radiopharmaceutical biotech and contract development and organization firm Duchembio Co. Ltd. filed a securities report to South Korea’s Financial Services Commission Nov. 11, kickstarting the IPO process to list on the Korea Exchange.
University of Auckland senior research fellow Jeff Smaill first visited China in 2012 as part of a team of 15 scientists from the Maurice Wilkins Center, one of New Zealand’s centers of excellence, to meet with scientists at the Guangzhou Institute of Medicine and Health to find partners to collaborate on drug development projects. The scientists started collaborating that year, and the first project is already in phase I trials in China. It was a joint discovery and development partnership from the beginning, he said.
Alteogen Inc. scored another deal for its human recombinant enzyme, ALT-B4, on Nov. 8, reeling in Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. in a potential $300 million deal including $20 million up front and up to $280 million in milestone payments, along with royalties based on net sales.
The FDA has lifted a clinical hold on Carsgen Therapeutics Holdings Ltd.’s. CAR T products after issuing the company a warning letter following a December 2023 FDA inspection that found the company violated good manufacturing practices at its Research Triangle Park facility in Durham, N.C.
Abbisko Therapeutics Co. Ltd.’s colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor inhibitor, pimicotinib, met both primary and secondary endpoints in the phase III Maneuver global study evaluating pimicotinib for treatment of tenosynovial giant cell tumor.
Duality Biologics Ltd. presented preclinical data on DB-1419, a potentially first-in-class bispecific antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) consisting of a humanized antibody targeting B7-H3 and PD-L1 conjugated to a DNA topoisomerase I inhibitor under development for the treatment of cancer.
Aurigene Oncology Ltd. has described proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase binding moiety coupled to a probable global transcription activator SNF2L2 (SMARCA2; BAF190B; SNF2-α) and/or transcription activator BRG1 (SMARCA4; BAF190A; SNF2-β) targeting moiety via a linker acting as SMARCA2 and/or SMARCA4 degradation inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Beijing Double-Crane Runchuang Technology Co. Ltd. has disclosed protein arginine N-methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Gain-of-function mutations and overexpression of the EZH2 gene lead to H3K27Me3 accumulation, which in turn initiates tumorigenesis and tumor progression, thus making it a promising target for therapy.
Activin receptor-like kinase 5 (ALK5) is a member of the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) family associated with tumor development and progression that impacts cancer immune response within the tumor microenvironment.