Pyrimidopyridine derivatives acting as GTPase KRAS G12D inhibitors have been reported in a Sunshine Lake Pharma Co. Ltd. patent as potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
Beijing Tide Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has prepared proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an ubiquitin ligase binding moiety bound to a protein phosphatase non-receptor type 11 (PTPN11; PTP-2C; SHP-2) targeting moiety through a linker.
Researchers from Kanaph Therapeutics Inc. have reported the discovery and preclinical evaluation of a small-molecule EGFR inhibitor, KNP-501, being developed as an anticancer agent.
Cell cycle dysregulation in cancer cells represents a clinical option for treating cancer, by using cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK4/6) inhibitory agents. Further evaluation on this approach was presented by TYK Medicines Inc., where they focused on the pharmacological action of a CDK7 inhibitor TY-2699a for the potential treatment of cancer.
Cellular Biomedicine Group Inc. (CBMG) licensed a pair of candidates for the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma to Janssen Biotech Inc. for development outside of greater China. The candidates are anti-CD19 and CD20 bispecific CAR T-cell therapy C-CAR039 and anti-CD20 CAR T-cell therapy C-CAR066.
In the latest deal from the burgeoning antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) space, Eisai Co. Ltd. and privately held Bliss Biopharmaceutical (Hangzhou) Co. Ltd. reached a development and commercialization agreement that could be worth up to $2 billion. The massive collaboration is the eighth largest so far this year and one of three that involve ADCs in the year’s top 10 deals.
Roche AG acquired global rights to Zion Pharma Ltd.’s lead program, ZN-A-1041, an orally administered selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor that is designed to penetrate the blood-brain barrier and can prevent and treat brain metastases in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer patients.
Halia Therapeutics Inc. has reported the development of tyrosine-protein kinase receptor TYRO3 inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of glioma.