Dualitas Therapeutics Inc. exited stealth mode with a $65 million series A investment that was co-led by Versant Ventures and Qiming Venture Partners USA.
South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced Sept. 12 plans to significantly raise drug application fees for biosimilars but slash their review times starting next year.
Evotec International GmbH has divulged NLRP3 inflammasome modulators reported to be useful for the treatment of asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, Crohn’s disease, hypertension, ulcerative colitis, metabolic and neurological disorders, among others.
NLRP3 inflammasome is a key component of the innate immune system. As a major mediator of inflammation, NLRP3 plays a central role in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative and autoinflammatory conditions.
Heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1) is a stress-inducible enzyme that plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis, a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by chronic synovial inflammation, immune cell infiltration and progressive joint destruction.
Two independent studies have linked neuronal injury, inside or outside the brain, to cancer progression and offer new biomarkers and strategies for prevention. While cerebral cancer cells damage axons and drive tumor development, in other types of cancer affecting other organs, nerve disruption caused by tumor proximity triggers inflammation and a suppressive environment that may also be associated with immunotherapy resistance.
Bio-Thera Solutions Inc. announced Aug. 26 that the European Commission cleared Usymro (BAT-2206) as a biosimilar to Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Stelara (ustekinumab). The EMA issued marketing authorization for Usymro on Aug. 14, following the EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use adopting a positive opinion on June 19.
The addition of photoisomerizable moieties in drugs opens the possibility of rapid and reversible light-dependent switching between an active and inactive form. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and the University of Barcelona have developed MRS-7787, a photoswitchable adenosine A3 receptor (A3R) agonist that controls A3R through topical skin irradiation.
Intelligen Therapeutics Co. Ltd. and Intelligen Therapeutics Inc. have disclosed macrocyclic compounds acting as TNF-α inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of inflammation and autoimmune diseases.
Two independent studies have linked neuronal injury, inside or outside the brain, to cancer progression and offer new biomarkers and strategies for prevention. While cerebral cancer cells damage axons and drive tumor development, in other types of cancer affecting other organs, nerve disruption caused by tumor proximity triggers inflammation and a suppressive environment that may also be associated with immunotherapy resistance.
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