About two months ahead of the planned PDUFA date, the U.S. FDA has granted expanded approval of PD-1 antibody Jemperli (dostarlimab) from partners Anaptysbio Inc. and GSK plc for use in combination with standard-of-care chemotherapy. GSK said the drug would be the only frontline immuno-oncology treatment for endometrial cancer available in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel. The supporting supplemental BLA for the expanded indication previously received priority review.
Revolution Medicines Inc. is acquiring Eqrx Inc. in an all-stock transaction designed to add more than $1 billion in net cash for Revolution so it can forge ahead with its RAS pathway programs. Serial biotech entrepreneur and investor Alexis Borisy co-founded Eqrx in 2020 to deliver new medicines for cancer and other conditions at "radically lower prices." Borisy also co-founded Revolution, where he remains as executive chairman.
Magentiq-Eye Ltd. received U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for its Magentiq-Colo, an artificial intelligence (AI) gastrointestinal software system that helps detect lesions in real time during colonoscopy procedures. With the rate of colorectal cancer expected to increase steadily through the decade, the company hopes that Magentiq-Colo will offer the gastroenterology community and its patients a significant increase in the adenoma detection rate.
Research at Beigene Co. Ltd. has led to the identification of new proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising E3 ubiquitin ligase binding moiety covalently linked to a Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) targeting moiety via linker. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Jiangsu Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Hansoh Biomedical Co. Ltd. have jointly patented tricyclic compounds acting as mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma translocation protein 1 (MALT1) inhibitors. As such, they are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.
JS Innomed Holdings Ltd. and JS Innopharm Ltd. have developed new tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 11 (PTPN11; PTP-2C; SHP-2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, LEOPARD syndrome and Noonan syndrome.
Fuzionaire Diagnostics Inc. has changed its name to Fuzionaire Theranostics Inc. to better reflect the company’s pipeline of paired fluorine-18 PET diagnostics and radioligand therapies to find and treat cancer.
Researchers from Delta-Fly Pharma Inc. presented preclinical data for DFP-14927, a polyethylene glycol (PEG)-conjugate of a deoxycytidine analogue, being developed as a potential anticancer agent.
Researchers from Zhejiang University of Technology presented the discovery of novel small compound candidates, designed with the aim of overcoming P-glycoprotein (P-gp)-mediated multidrug resistance (MDR).
Critically shortened telomeres are a key limiting factor in successful CAR T-cell immunotherapy, with cells from older patients tending to have shorter telomeres with reduced dividing capacity. As such, these cells are unable to fully eliminate malignancies and provide durable and persistent protection against cancer.
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