It doesn't happen very often, but the same scientists who participated in the discovery of a signaling pathway can also undo their findings and go back to square one. “When we discovered Hippo signaling, some 20 years ago, everybody was excited about it because we thought it was going to explain a big part of how growth is regulated. Now it turns out that it is not what it is doing,” Georg Halder told BioWorld.
Conditionally active antibody specialist Cytomx Therapeutics Inc. has agreed to work with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. to discover and develop new bispecific antibodies with what the partners said is the potential to "widen the therapeutic window and help minimize off-target effects."
Astellas Pharma Inc.’s zolbetuximab, a monoclonal antibody targeting Claudin 18.2, met the primary endpoint of progression-free survival in the phase III Spotlight trial in CLDN18.2-positive, HER2-negative, locally advanced unresectable or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, according to top-line data.
Sunshine Biopharma Inc. has entered into a collaboration agreement with a leading lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulation company to advance the development of Sunshine's mRNA-based anticancer macromolecule, K1.1.
Nihon Medi-Physics Co. Ltd. has identified antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) comprising a peptide-modified antibody targeting B-lymphocyte antigen CD20 covalently linked to a radionuclide-chelating agent through a linker reported to be useful for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
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