China’s National Medical Products Administration cleared Ascentage Pharma Group Corp. Ltd. to begin a registrational phase III trial of its BCL-2 selective inhibitor lisaftoclax (APG-2575) in combination with azacitidine for first-line treatment of newly diagnosed patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndrome.
TYK Medicines Inc. made a strong debut on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE), raising HK$579 million (US$74.32 million) to commercialize its lead compound, EGFR inhibitor TY-9591, now in pivotal trials in patients with EGFR mutation-positive lung cancer.
Chengdu Duote Antibody Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has described antibody-drug conjugates comprising antibody or antigen-binding fragments covalently linked to eribulin derivatives through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Nanjing Mingde New Drug Research Co. Ltd. has divulged proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding agent coupled to an estrogen receptor α (ER-α; ESR1)-targeting moiety via linker. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of breast cancer.
Beijing Zheyuan Technology Co. Ltd. has synthesized serine/threonine-protein kinase PLK1 (STPK13) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and sepsis.
Adcendo ApS and Multitude Therapeutics Inc. have signed a licensing agreement for the development of a highly differentiated antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) targeting tissue factor, designated ADCE-T02.
Cumulus Oncology Ltd. has announced key milestones, in partnership with collaborator Leadxpro AG, in the companies’ protein structure-driven GPR68 drug discovery project.
Prior work has unveiled increased levels of inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase 2 (IMPDH2) expression correlating with tumor progression and poor prognosis in several diseases. A team of researchers in China have now aimed to study IMPDH2’s role in hepatoblastoma.
Researchers at F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. have described GTPase KRAS mutant inhibitors, particularly KRAS G12C mutant, reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.