With incidence of kidney cancer rising in the U.K., the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published its first comprehensive guidelines for diagnosing and treating the disease.
Laigo Bio BV has extended its seed round to €17 million (US$19.8 million), after making progress with translating its novel E3 ubiquitin ligase targeted protein degradation technology toward the clinic.
Ewha Womans University has identified new imidazopyridine or imidazopyrazine derivatives acting as Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disease.
Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. has disclosed new proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety covalently linked to a steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1)-targeting moiety. They are reported to be potentially useful for the treatment of primary aldosteronism, Cushing syndrome and cancer.
Hangzhou Innogate Pharma Co. Ltd. and Innorace Biopharma Co. Ltd. have synthesized new peroxisome proliferator activated receptor γ (PPARγ) inverse agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Shanghai Qilu Pharmaceutical Research and Development Centre Ltd. has patented new probable global transcription activator SNF2L2 (SMARCA2; BAF190B; SNF2-α) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare, often aggressive, neuroendocrine thyroid tumor with limited targeted treatment options, arising from calcitonin-producing C cells and sometimes associated with RET mutations. Researchers from the Mayo Clinic reported the potential of targeting DLL3 as a therapeutic strategy in MTC.
Imbiologics Corp.’s market capitalization reached ₩1.5 trillion (US$1.02 billion) on its Kosdaq debut March 20, as the biotech seeks to become a leading antibody drugmaker for autoimmune diseases.
Facing increasing competition to PI3Kα inhibitor Piqray (alpelisib) in breast cancer, Novartis AG looks to bolster its pipeline with next-generation programs, including phase I/II-stage candidate SNV-4818, by way of a potential $3 billion deal with Synnovation Therapeutics LLC.
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