Shattuck Labs Inc. has reported that its IND from the U.S. FDA for SL-325 for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease is now in effect. The company expects to commence a phase I trial in healthy volunteers in the third quarter of this year.
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has divulged polypeptides acting as gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor (GIPR) agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of nausea and vomiting.
Equillium Inc. has entered into a definitive securities purchase agreement with health care investors that will provide up to $50 million in gross proceeds to Equillium. The private placement will enable the company to advance its selective aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) modulator EQ-504 into the clinic.
Hefei Institutes of Physical Science Chinese Academy of Sciences has synthesized phosphoglycerate kinase 1 (PGK1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.
Scandiedge Therapeutics AB has divulged pyruvate kinase PKLR inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s long-awaited business development pact became reality by way of an exclusive global license agreement that could be worth more than $2 billion with CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd., of Shijiazhuang, China, for SYH-2086. The candidate is a preclinical oral, small-molecule glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist and orforglipron derivative.
Formation Bio Inc. has licensed worldwide rights to Imidomics Inc.’s potentially first-in-class anti-CD226 monoclonal antibody (mAb). The program has received IND clearance and will be advanced by Formation Bio in autoimmune indications, starting with ulcerative colitis.
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Inc. and CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. have entered into an exclusive global license agreement for CSPC’s SYH-2086, a preclinical oral small-molecule glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist and orforglipron derivative. The agreement supports Madrigal’s pipeline strategy to develop combination treatments for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH).
A hallmark of liver fibrosis is the differentiation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) into myofibroblast-like cells, which are responsible for excessive extracellular matrix deposition. Among the key mediators of HSC activation, transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1) is considered the most potent pro-fibrotic cytokine.
A recent publication in Science Advances has uncovered NMNAT1 as a promising therapeutic target for alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD). Early ALD can be reversible, but prolonged alcohol abuse may lead to progressive steatohepatitis, fibrosis and even cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma.
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