South Korean confectionary giant Orion Holdings Inc. has completed the acquisition of antibody-drug conjugate developer Ligachem Biosciences Inc., which recently changed its name from Legochem Bioscience Inc.
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare approved Astellas Pharma Inc.’s Vyloy (zolbetuximab) to treat a type of advanced gastric cancer on March 26, making it the first anti-claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody to gain regulatory clearance worldwide.
Phase II/III results from Gritstone Bio Inc. with Granite, a personalized neoantigen cancer vaccine for colorectal cancer, turned up the opposite of what some investors expected, and the company’s shares (NASDAQ:GRTS) ended April 2 at $1.20, down $1.15, or 49%.
Jumping in for the first time to the hot antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) space, Paris-based Ipsen SA pulled in exclusive global rights to a preclinical ROR1-targeting candidate from Sutro Biopharma Inc. in a deal worth up to $900 million. STRO-003, the first ADC to join Ipsen’s portfolio, contains an anti-ROR1 human IgG1 antibody (SP-11385) conjugated to an exatecan warhead, or payload.
Dizal (Jiangsu) Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has described EGFR (HER1; erbB1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disease.
Nectin Therapeutics Ltd. has divulged antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) comprising a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting poliovirus receptors (PVR; CD155) linked to a cytotoxic drug through a linker. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Grafton Therapeutics Sarl has identified halogenated somatostatin analogues acting as somatostatin SST2 receptor and/or SST5 receptor agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Shanghai Qilu Pharmaceutical Research and Development Centre Ltd. has synthesized ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 1 (USP1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, inflammatory disorders and neurodegeneration.
Researchers from West China Hospital of Sichuan University announced the discovery of homo sapiens caseinolytic protease P (HsClpP) agonists as new small-molecule candidates for the treatment of colorectal cancer.
Tango Therapeutics Inc. has disclosed the discovery of TNG-348, an orally active, potent, reversible allosteric inhibitor of the USP1 deubiquitinating enzyme.
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