Certain cancers that contain organized clusters of immune cells known as tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) do not respond to treatment as well as expected. Even though they have TLS that support the elimination of cancer cells, they remain resistant to immunotherapy. γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA), better known as the brain’s major inhibitory neurotransmitter, may play a role in this lack of response by acting as an immunoregulatory metabolite, according to a study led by scientists at Sorbonne Université.
Mindrank AI Ltd. completed a $52 million series B round to advance MDR-001, its AI-discovered oral small-molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist, which is in phase III trials for obesity in China.
The U.S. FDA declined to approve, for a third time, an investigational liver cancer drug regimen comprising HLB Co. Ltd.’s rivoceranib and Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s camrelizumab, reportedly citing issues from a drug manufacturing facility inspection.
Another day, another two multibillion-dollar deals with Asian companies, this time involving Dizal Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and its EGFR inhibitor for lung cancer, as well as Innovent Biologics Inc. and its anti-CD40L antibody for a chronic fibroinflammatory condition.
A joint Hansoh Bio LLC, Jiangsu Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Hansoh Biomedical Co. Ltd. patent details new S-adenosylmethionine synthase isoform type-2 (Mat2A) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
Nutshell Therapeutics Inc. has synthesized new nitrogen-containing heteroaryl compounds acting as Werner syndrome ATP-dependent helicase (WRN; RECQ3; RECQL2) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
In a recent study, scientists from Stanford University and collaborators aimed to develop a platform for specific tumor-immune cell targeting, focusing on tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), with the eventual goal of interfacing with existing immune checkpoint inhibitor technologies.
A federal jury was wrong when it determined that Astrazeneca plc should pay Wyeth, a Pfizer Inc. unit, $107.5 million in damages for infringing two cancer patents, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said in a recent precedential decision.
Mindrank AI Ltd. completed a $52 million series B round to advance MDR-001, its AI-discovered oral small-molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist, which is in phase III trials for obesity in China.