Hyundai Bioscience Corp. is set to become the largest shareholder of ADM Korea Inc., a Seoul, South Korea-based contract research organization (CRO) firm, by purchasing 5.02 million shares for ₩20.4 billion (US$15.5 million) – a 23% stake.
Asieris Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd plans to submit a China NDA in the second quarter following positive phase III data for its cold light photodynamic drug-device combination product, Cevira, which is used as nonsurgical therapy for treating high-grade cervical dysplasia.
Samsung Life Science Fund, created jointly by Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd., Samsung Biopeis Co. Ltd. and Samsung C&T Corp., said it invested in Waltham, Mass.-based antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) developer Brickbio Inc. on March 18, as its fifth biotech investment.
China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) approved Kechow Pharma Inc.’s MEK inhibitor, tunlametinib, for treatment of patients with NRAS-mutated advanced melanoma who were previously treated with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors. The Center for Drug Evaluation granted tunlametinib a priority review. The approval marks the first targeted therapy for this patient population and the first product that originated from Kechow, a privately held firm founded in 2014 to develop small-molecule therapeutics against cancer.
Redx Pharma plc has described discoidin domain-containing receptor 1 (DDR1) and/or discoidin domain-containing receptor 2 (DDR2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cardiovascular, renal, inflammatory disorders, liver diseases, fibrosis, transplant rejection and cancer.
Jacobio Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has divulged cellular tumor antigen p53 (TP53) (Y220C mutant) stabilizers reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Erasca Inc. has disclosed proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety covalently linked to a GTPase KRAS G12D mutant targeting moiety through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
In efforts to design microtubule polymerization inhibitors with the ability to induce immunogenic cell death (ICD), investigators from China Pharmaceutical University have discovered novel isoquinoline analogues based on podophyllotoxin and diphyllin that act as dual tubulin polymerization and V-ATPase inhibitors.
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. has received clearance from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to conduct clinical trials in China with SYH-2039, a highly selective methionine adenosyltransferase 2A (MAT2A) inhibitor, for advanced malignant tumors.
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