Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG and Cue Biopharma Inc. have signed a strategic research collaboration and license agreement to develop and commercialize Cue Biopharma’s CUE-501, a differentiated B-cell depletion therapy for autoimmune diseases.
Nipah virus, which circulates in fruit bats and other animals primarily in Asia and the South Pacific, causes severe neurological respiratory disease in humans and leads to death in 40%-75% of cases. The virus is endemic in Bangladesh and India, where outbreaks have occurred nearly annually since 2001.
When an autoimmune disease disrupted the life of someone close to scientist Dario Gutierrez, an idea emerged for a new company called Merida Biosciences focused on removing misdirected antibodies and their negative effects using Fc biotherapeutics.
Orexo AB has announced promising in vivo proof-of-concept data for a powder-based intranasal vaccine candidate based on Abera Bioscience AB’s BERA vaccine platform and formulated with Orexo’s Amorphox technology.
Lyme disease is a multisystemic zoonotic infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria transmitted by ticks. Lyme disease is a public health problem because of its high incidence in North America and Europe and its increasing presence due to the impacts of climate change on vector distribution. Novel, effective vaccines to prevent the disease are, therefore, urgently needed.
Remegen Co. Ltd. emerged as a surprise challenger in the generalized myasthenia gravis space, unveiling positive phase III data of its China-approved lupus drug, telitacicept (RCT-18; Tai’ai), in the rare autoimmune neuromuscular disorder at the 2025 American Academy of Neurology conference.
NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors are described in a Zomagen Biosciences Ltd. patent and are reported to be useful for the treatment of autoimmune, cardiovascular, inflammatory, liver, lung, metabolic and neurological disorders.
When an autoimmune disease disrupted the life of someone close to scientist Dario Gutierrez, an idea emerged for a new company called Merida Biosciences focused on removing misdirected antibodies and their negative effects using Fc biotherapeutics.
Cartesian Therapeutics Inc. followed up December’s phase IIb data with more good news regarding Descartes-08, offering 12-month efficacy and safety results that whetted Wall Street’s appetite for the phase III Aurora effort ahead. Milos Miljkovic, chief medical officer, told BioWorld that minimum symptom expression – among the areas where Descartes-08 shone, providing relief for “months and months after the last dose of treatment” – is especially important to patients.
Pannexin 1 (PANX1) forms channels that may release signaling metabolites that are involved in a variety of pathophysiological processes, such as asthma, diabetes, hypertension or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), among others. Inhibition of PANX1 when dysregulated has been proposed as a therapeutic approach in the treatment of IBD.
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