Biosplice Therapeutics Inc. has entered a collaboration with Novo Nordisk A/S to develop first-in-class drug candidates for the treatment of diabetes. Biosplice is developing highly selective and potent dual-specificity tyrosine-regulated kinase (DYRK) inhibitors to stimulate insulin-secreting β-cell proliferation for the treatment of diabetes.
High weight is associated with a greater risk of developing many cancers, and with an increased risk of metastasis. But in some cancers such as renal cell carcinoma, it is also associated with better survival and a better response to immunotherapies in particular.
After delivering animal data to show that inhibiting the NLRP3 inflammasome induces weight loss in mice, Nodthera Ltd. has now demonstrated this effect translates to humans. In a phase Ib/II study of NT-0796, an orally available, brain-penetrant drug, subjects in both the active and placebo arms all lost weight, due to the calorie-restricted diet they received in the 28-day trial.
Focused on oral therapies for obesity, diabetes and rare diseases, Boston-based Syntis Bio Inc., which raised $15.5 million through seed funding last year, emerged from stealth to advance its synthetic tissue-lining technology and a pipeline of candidates.
Flagship Pioneering Inc. and Profound Therapeutics Inc., a Flagship-founded company, have announced a collaboration to conduct foundational research to identify potential next-generation first-in-class therapies for the treatment of obesity.
Septerna Inc. scientists have reported proof-of-concept data on a novel oral small-molecule thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) antagonist, SP-1351, with potential for the treatment of Graves’ disease (GD), including ophthalmic manifestations.
Focused on oral therapies for obesity, diabetes and rare diseases, Boston-based Syntis Bio Inc., which raised $15.5 million through seed funding last year, emerged from stealth to advance its synthetic tissue-lining technology and a pipeline of candidates.
Syntis Bio Inc. has announced its launch, with a focus on advancing a pipeline of oral therapies engineered for optimization in the small intestine and a portfolio of enzyme replacement therapies to treat orphan metabolic and broad digestive disorders.
Researchers from Alteogen Inc. and affiliated organizations presented preclinical characterization of a novel long-acting growth hormone receptor (GHR) antagonist, ALT-B5.
After the phase IIa failure at lowering intraocular pressure to a statistically significant degree with SBI-100, Skye Bioscience Inc. is dropping work with the ophthalmic emulsion, meant to treat primary open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension. Resources are turning to the firm’s metabolic program, which includes nimacimab, targeting the cannabinoid 1 receptor, due to start a phase II trial in obesity during the third quarter of this year.