U.K. biopharma is working with the country’s space agency and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to plot a route for manufacturing biologic drugs in low earth orbit.
Zhejiang Pantheon Innovation Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has disclosed prodrugs of an NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor compound. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and inflammation.
Researchers at F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. have discovered GTPase KRAS mutant inhibitors, particularly G12V, G12D and G12C mutant inhibitors. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Children’s Medical Center Corp. has synthesized ceramide glucosyltransferase (glucosylceramide synthase; GLCT-1) inhibitors with potential for use in the treatment of cancer, neurological disorders, infections and more.
Cbio A/S has received European regulatory clearance to begin a first-in-human trial of novoleucel, the company’s next-generation T-cell therapy, in late-stage cervical cancer. The phase I/IIa study will enroll patients with persistent or recurrent cervical cancer at Karolinska University Hospital.
Valanx Biotech Gmbh has secured €3 million (US$4 million) in funding to advance its lead antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) program. The financing will enable preclinical development of VLX-ADC-001.
Similarities among three pediatric brain tumors that arise in different structures of the CNS – pineoblastoma, retinoblastoma and Group 3 medulloblastoma – have been linked to their shared origin during pineal gland development. Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have identified the molecular signatures that drive these tumors from pinealocyte progenitor cells that conserve a common differentiation program, providing a shared therapeutic target for these three cancer types.