Kawasaki Gakuen has divulged pyrrole-imidazole polyamides acting as transmembrane 4 L6 family member 1 (TM4SF1) and TMEM132b expression inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer metastasis.
Affimed NV and Artiva Biotherapeutics Inc. have entered into a new strategic partnership to jointly develop, manufacture and commercialize a combination therapy comprised of Affimed's Innate Cell Engager (ICE) AFM-13 and Artiva's cord blood-derived, cryopreserved off-the-shelf allogeneic natural killer (NK) cell product candidate, AB-101.
Shares in Affimed AG gained as much as 28% during trading on Nov. 3 as the company unveiled continued good news from a phase I/II combination trial in CD30-positive lymphoma of its CD30-directed innate cell engager, AFM-13, and allogeneic natural killer (NK) cell therapy, as well as a clinical development partnership with Artiva Biotherapeutics Inc., which will provide it with access to a commercially scalable source of NK cells as the program matures.
The FDA has awarded orphan drug designation to Omega Therapeutics Inc.'s OTX-2002, a first-in-class epigenomic controller engineered to downregulate c-Myc (MYC), for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Standigm Inc. has disclosed leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2), particularly LRRK2 G2019S mutant, inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, neurodegeneration, rheumatoid arthritis, tuberculosis, axial spondyloarthritis, radiographic (ankylosing spondylitis), Crohn's disease and dyskinesia.
Exelixis Inc. and Sairopa BV have entered into an exclusive clinical development and option agreement for ADU-1805, a potentially best-in-class monoclonal antibody that targets SIRPα.