Scientists from different laboratories around the world have presented the latest advances in research into malignant brain tumors at the 31st Annual Congress of the European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ESGCT), which is being held Oct. 22 to 25 in Rome.
Modifi Biosciences Inc. has come a long way very quickly. Spun out of Yale University in 2021, it published data on DNA in Science in July 2022, and now it’s being acquired by Merck & Co. Inc. for $30 million up front. Ultimately, Modifi shareholders could receive milestones of up to $1.3 billion.
The Japanese government, industry and academia are deliberating health care policies and initiatives to boost Japan’s role in the future of regenerative medicine, experts at Bio Japan 2024 said, as the fruits of cell and gene therapy research come to fruition with new approvals.
The combination of radiotherapy with immune checkpoint blockade shows promise for synergistic cancer therapy efficacy. LNC-1004 is a vector targeting fibroblast activation protein (FAP) conjugated with Evans Blue for enhanced tumor uptake and retention. Xiamen University and the National University of Singapore have presented data regarding the [177Lu]LNC-1004 radiopharmaceutical in combination with anti-PD-L1 therapy for the treatment of pan-cancers.
Aposense Ltd. has prepared and tested peptide-drug conjugates comprising a cell-penetrating peptide covalently bound to the therapeutically affective amino acid sequence (SAPK1 [JNK] inhibitors) linked to sterol derivatives through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Cellbion Co. Ltd. debuted on the tech-heavy Kosdaq board of the Korea Exchange Oct. 16, with share prices closing upward at ₩20,650 (US$14.94) – outdoing its initial price of ₩15,000 per share for 1.9 million shares.
Nanocube Health Ltd. is developing accessible, low-cost nanorobots that could revolutionize diagnosis and treatment of hard-to-diagnose cancers, with pancreatic cancer being the initial focus.
Clarity Pharmaceuticals Ltd. will begin early next year its pivotal phase III trial for its copper-based radiopharmaceutical, 64Cu-SAR-bisPSMA, for diagnosing prostate cancer in patients with biochemical recurrence following positive U.S. FDA feedback.
When Andrew Wilks invented the JAK inhibitor momelotinib in the late 1980s for myelofibrosis, he never would have imagined it would take more than 20 years to develop and eventually be acquired for $1.9 billion. Today he’s on a mission to ensure Australian inventors have more options than he did, telling BioWorld that he had to sell the molecule for around $10 million because he couldn’t get funding.
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