Beijing Guohong Biomedical Technology Co. Ltd. has presented new inhibitors of proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase Src, hepatocyte growth factor receptor and more.
Arsenal Biosciences Inc. closed on an oversubscribed $220 million series B financing so it could continue developing its programmable cell therapy research programs and its candidates for treating solid tumor malignancies. Arsenal’s lead program is AB-1015 for treating ovarian cancer.
For privately held Good Therapeutics Inc., founded in 2016 with a platform technology for developing context-dependent therapeutics, the plan had always been to seek a buyer for the first asset to emerge. One came along a little earlier than expected, as Roche Holding AG entered a merger agreement for Good, picking up preclinical-stage PD-1-regulated IL-2 program, in exchange for an up-front cash payment of $250 million.
Nanotics LLC has established a research collaboration with Mass General Cancer Center (MGCC), a program of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), to develop Nanots that target the soluble forms of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptors (sTNF-Rs).
Jiangsu Mabwell Health Pharmaceutical R&D Co. Ltd. has synthesized new antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) or antigen binding fragments targeting claudin 18 (CLDN18) and linked to cytotoxic drug reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Wigen Biomedicine Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has presented new Wee1-like protein kinase (Wee1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.