Ahead of an approval bid with its own candidate in non-small-cell lung cancer, GSK plc is planting a stake in the space by way of the $10.6 billion buyout of Nuvalent Inc. for $124 per share, a 40% premium to Nuvalent’s last closing price and a 26% premium to the 30-calendar day amount. Net of cash acquired, GSK’s investment will total about $9.4 billion.
Pheon Therapeutics Ltd. has patented antibody-drug conjugates, comprising an antibody targeting CDCP1 covalently linked to a cytotoxic drug through a linker, that are potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
Scientists from F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. have identified bicyclic tetrahydrothiazepine derivatives acting as diacylglycerol kinase α (DGKA) and/or diacylglycerol kinase ζ (DGKZ) inhibitors reported to be potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
Hubei Bio-Pharmaceutical Industrial Technological Institute Inc. has divulged tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 1 (PTPN1; PTP-1B) and/or PTPN2 inhibitors that are potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
Researchers from Zhejiang University of Technology and collaborators presented the discovery and preclinical characterization of YSA-64, a novel RBM39 degrader, in cancer models.
The University of Oxford and Moderna Inc. have announced authorization by the U.K.’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to initiate a phase I/II study of mRNA-4194, Moderna’s investigational mRNA-based cancer vaccine for Lynch syndrome.
Researchers have identified a 14-protein blood signature that can predict lung cancer risk as much as five years before diagnosis, and the findings could help identify people who could benefit from preventive drugs. Published in Cell, the study was a collaboration between the Francis Crick Institute and University College London. It was co-led by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute laboratory head Clare Weeden, who conducted the research while at the Crick.
Tango Therapeutics Inc. will be sitting down with the U.S. FDA soon to discuss pivotal work ahead based on what Cantor analyst Eric Schmidt called “amazing” data from the phase I/II study of vopimetostat, a PRMT5 inhibitor, paired with Revolution Medicines Inc.’s RAS(ON) inhibitors in patients with MTAP-deleted and RAS-mutant metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) as well as non-small cell lung cancer.
Building on its partnerships with Gilead Sciences Inc., Sanofi SA and Pfizer Inc., Nurix Therapeutics Inc. brought on Roche Holding AG to help develop bexobrutideg, an oral degrader of Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK). “I really can’t think of a better partner to maximize the opportunity for bexobrutideg to a wide range of patients,” Jason Kantor, Nurix’s chief business officer, told investors on a conference call, later pointing out that Roche has multiple drugs targeting B cells.
Empire Discovery Institute and the University of Rochester have discovered new interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 1 (IRAK-1) and/or IRAK-4 inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer, pain, fibrosis and inflammatory disorders.
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