Iambic Therapeutics Inc.’s multiyear technology and discovery pact with Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. could help the San Diego-based firm advance its own pipeline in a big way.
Galux closed a ₩42 billion (US$29 million) series B round Feb. 10, led by Yuanta Investment to bring AI-driven “rational design” to the protein drug development process, already heavily influenced by human engineering.
The scale of the $8.5 billion deal signed between Innovent Biologics Inc. and Eli Lilly and Co. is eye-catching, but the structure is the real signal. By shifting phase II oncology development to China while reserving global rights ex-greater China, the partners are testing a model that could reshape how multinational drugmakers source innovation as well as how Chinese biotechs create value.
Scientists from the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology and Yonsei University have identified N4-(indolin-7-yl)-N2-(2-alkoxypyridin-3-yl)pyrimidine-2,4-diamine derivatives acting as EGFR (HER1; erbB1) and/or HER2 (erbB2) mutant inhibitors and therefore reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Newco ALTx Therapeutics Ltd. has launched with a £12.55 million (US$17.1 million) seed round to develop inhibitors of the alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) pathway, by which 10% to 15% of cancers become immortal.
Tyk Medicines Inc. has identified N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase (O-GlcNAcase; OGA) inhibitors described as potentially useful for the treatment of cancer, metabolic diseases, Alzheimer’s disease and progressive supranuclear palsy.
Researchers from the Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale, Universite de Bordeaux and Universite de Paris Cite have reported indane 1,3-dione derivatives acting as furin (PACE; PCSK3) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
The BioWorld Cancer Index closed 2025 up 72.35%, outpacing gains in the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index (up 32.4%) and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (up 12.97%). The year featured standout gains, led by Terns Pharmaceuticals Inc., which surged 620%.
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