With fresh phase II ovarian cancer data in hand, Verastem Oncology Inc. plans to file an NDA by the end of the month for its avutometinib and defactinib combination treatment. The NDA will be for adults who have recurrent KRAS mutant recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer, a direction that may have caused the stock to wilt.
U.S. biotechs and regulators ushered in the era of gene therapy in 2023, experts at Bio Japan said, but medical reform is needed to pave the way for the “year of cell therapy” in 2024 and implement wider access to ultra-expensive cell and gene therapies.
During an Innovation Ignited webinar sponsored by Johnson & Johnson, experts talked about how precision medicine has helped advance the field of oncology and how those lessons can be applied to immunology. Advancements in precision medicine have helped oncologists know which drugs are most likely to help patients as their tumors advance and mutate.
Xuanzhu Pharma Co. Ltd. has divulged cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme, mitochondrial (CYP11A1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Wigen Biomedicine Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has identified compounds acting as diacylglycerol kinase ζ (DGK-ζ, DGKZ) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Prostate cancer accounts for 3.8% of total cancer-related deaths worldwide. The combination of docetaxel and androgen deprivation therapy is useful in the management of the disease, but unfortunately, prostate cancer cells become resistant to docetaxel over time.
Shenzhen Chipscreen Biosciences Co. Ltd. has submitted an IND application for CS-231295 tablets for the treatment of tumors, and the application has been accepted by the Center for Drug Evaluation of China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA).
Poseida Therapeutics Inc. has announced the nomination of a new development candidate under its collaboration with F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., triggering a milestone payment from Roche to Poseida.
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