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.
Cullgen (Shanghai) Inc. has patented proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising a DDB1 binding moiety covalently bonded to a target protein binding moiety through a linker. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Researchers from TYK Medicines Inc. have reported the discovery and preclinical evaluation of TY-1091, a second-generation RET inhibitor being developed for the treatment of RET-mutant cancers.
Data on the poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase (PARG) inhibitor SYX-3759, being investigated for the treatment of homologous recombination deficient (HRD) malignancies, were recently discussed by researchers from Hangzhou Synrx Therapeutics Technology Co. Ltd.
IL-18 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that triggers IFN-γ production and increases T- and NK-cell activity. IL-18’s effects are blocked by IL-18 binding protein (IL-18BP), an endogenous protein that binds to IL-18 with high affinity and that is highly present in the tumor microenvironment (TME).
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