TYK Medicines Inc. and Zhejiang Tongyuankang Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have identified tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 11 (PTPN11) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and LEOPARD and Noonan syndrome.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. has disclosed proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety coupled to an anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-targeting moiety through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) patients developing resistance to existing BTK inhibitors now have a new treatment option, with the U.S. FDA’s accelerated approval of Jaypirca (pirtobrutinib) from Eli Lilly and Co.’s oncology unit, Loxo@Lilly. It is indicated for use in adults with relapsed or refractory disease who have received at least two lines of systemic therapy, including a BTK inhibitor.
Caribou Biosciences Inc.’s disclosure last December that it has chosen the target for CB-020, an induced pluripotent stem cell-derived allogeneic CAR-NK cell therapy for solid tumors, added impetus to the growing interest in receptor tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor 1 (ROR1), where a number of parties are advancing programs.
Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is still the main treatment option for locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer (PCa); however, most patients receiving ADT develop resistance to treatment and relapse, with a more aggressive form of cancer, castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).
Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc has received clearance of its IND application from the FDA to initiate a first-in-human phase I/IIa trial of LB-101 for the treatment of solid tumors.
Janssen Pharmaceutica NV has identified 5-oxo-pyrido[2,3-d]pyridazin-6(5h)-yl acetamides acting as NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, viral hepatitis, diabetes, immunological, inflammatory, neurological, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.
Medshine Discovery Inc. has synthesized dimethyl-substituted thiazololactam compounds acting as mitogen-activated protein kinase 3 (MAPK3; ERK1) and/or (MAPK1; ERK2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Vestlandets Innovasjonsselskap AS (VIS) have disclosed bufalin derivatives acting as androgen receptor antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of prostate cancer.
Sana Biotechnology Inc. has received FDA clearance of its IND application to initiate a first-in-human study of SC-291 in patients with various B-cell malignancies. Initial clinical data from the study are expected later this year. SC-291 is a CD19-targeted allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy developed using Sana's hypoimmune platform.
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