Surge Therapeutics Inc. landed $26 million in funding through a series A fundraising round to accelerate development of its intraoperative immunotherapy hydrogel.
Cascination AG reported the first thermal ablation of liver tumors to be performed in France using its CT-guided stereotactic planning and navigation system, CAS-One IR. The technology was used at Dijon Bourgogne University Hospital, where a dozen procedures have been carried out in the Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiology.
PT Etana Biotechnologies Indonesia secured a series B financing of undisclosed value, led by Chinese investors that include Jack Ma’s Yunfeng Capital and Highlight Capital. The funds will be used to strengthen the company's pipeline and to expand its local manufacturing capacity.
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd., seeking new growth opportunities in the life sciences and a concrete footprint in the U.S., has proposed an all-cash acquisition of Aveo Pharmaceuticals Inc., with a deal value of $519.2 million.
China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has cleared an IND application for a clinical trial of Shanghai Henlius Biotech Inc.'s HLX-60 for the treatment of solid tumors and lymphomas.
Zymeworks Inc. has described new antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) consisting of a cysteine engineered full-length antibody (IgG type) targeting hepatocyte growth factor receptor (HGFR; MET) or folate receptor α (FOLR1; FR- α) covalently linked to a cytotoxic drug through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Suzhou Zelgen Biosciences Co. Ltd. has identified new compounds acting as GTPase KRAS (G12D mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Medshine Discovery Inc. has disclosed new benzylaminoquinazoline derivatives acting as son of sevenless homolog 1 (SOS1)/GTPase KRAS (G12C mutant) interaction inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Impact Therapeutics Inc. has described five-membered heteroaryl-pyrimidine compounds acting as ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 1 (USP1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Nkgen Biotech Inc. has received IND clearance from the FDA for a phase I study of its cryopreserved off-the-shelf allogeneic blood-derived natural killer (NK) cell therapy SNK-02, to evaluate safety and tolerability in participants with pathologically confirmed solid tumors refractory to standard-of-care therapy.
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