Wigen Biomedicine Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has synthesized phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase α (PI3Kα) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Philochem AG has discovered an ultra-high-affinity ACP3 ligand – OncoACP3 – isolated through the screening of DNA-encoded chemical libraries for the potential treatment of prostate cancer.
Hudson Therapeutics Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Shaperon Inc., has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Shaperon and Dong-A ST Co. Ltd. for the development of nanobody-based new drugs.
Bright Peak Therapeutics Inc. has raised $90 million in a series C financing. Proceeds will be used to accelerate a pipeline of next-generation immunotherapies and advance BPT-567 into a phase I/IIa trial.
Abtis Co. Ltd., Dong-A ST’s newly incorporated subsidiary since December 2023, is making headway with its leading Claudin18.2-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) candidate, AT-211, according to Abtis CEO Taedong Han. “About 80% of gastric cancers do not have HER2 overexpression, but 77% overexpressed Claudin18.2,” Han told Bio Korea 2024 audience members on May 9, stressing that AT-211 was found to be highly potent against cancer cells expressing Claudin18.2 in ADC cell viability studies.
Work at Open Source Therapeutics has led to the preparation of pyridone compounds acting as phosphodiesterase PDE3A/SLFN12 interaction inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Incyte Corp. has patented heteroaryl fluoroalkenes acting as diacylglycerol kinase α (DGK-α) and/or diacylglycerol kinase ζ (DGK-ζ) inhibitors and thus reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Calidi Biotherapeutics Inc. has conducted studies in animals to determine the safety and efficacy of oncolytic virotherapy (OV) with CLD-201 (Supernova-1) to treat solid tumors.