Molecure SA has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Ocean Biomedical Inc. for the development and commercialization of a selective YKL-40 inhibitor program, including the lead molecule OAT-3912.
Innocare Pharma Ltd.’s tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor, ICP-488, met the primary endpoint in a phase II trial in Chinese patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, and the results clear the way to accelerate clinical development in psoriasis and other autoimmune diseases.
Innocare Pharma Ltd.’s tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor, ICP-488, met the primary endpoint in a phase II trial in Chinese patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, and the results clear the way to accelerate clinical development in psoriasis and other autoimmune diseases.
Mestag Therapeutics Ltd. has sealed a potential $1.9 billion agreement with Merck & Co. Inc., in which it will apply its expertise in activated fibroblasts to identify novel targets for inflammatory diseases. The pharma company has the option to license one or more targets, up to a prespecified number, and will take on all subsequent discovery, development and commercialization work.
South San Francisco-based Septerna Inc. filed an S-1 with the U.S. SEC to conduct an IPO on Nasdaq about two years and eight months after launching operations with a $100 million series A led by Third Rock Ventures. The company is focused on G protein-coupled receptor oral small molecules derived from its Native Complex Platform, aimed at treating diseases within the endocrinology, immunology and inflammation, and metabolic diseases realms.
Artelo Biosciences Inc. has presented data on its fatty acid-binding protein 5 (FABP5) inhibitor ART-26.12 from testing of its efficacy in preclinical models of psoriasis.
Researchers from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. have presented data from preclinical studies evaluating the novel humanized human-proteinase‑activated receptor 2 (PAR2)-specific monoclonal antibody, TEV-56192, as potential treatment of skin inflammatory conditions.
Shanghai Qilu Pharmaceutical Research and Development Centre Ltd. has identified proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase cereblon (CRBN)-binding moiety coupled to an interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 4 (IRAK-4)-targeting moiety through a linker.
As Eli Lilly and Co. launches its recently approved Ebglyss (lebrikizumab) in an atopic dermatitis market already dominated by established biologic Dupixent (dupilumab, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.), investors tuned into an Amgen Inc. investor call disclosing positive top-line phase III results for rocatinlimab, a monoclonal antibody that could potentially offer patients a new mechanism of action. While data from the Rocket Horizon study showed rocatinlimab hit all co-primary and secondary endpoints, the early findings fell below expectations in a highly competitive market.
Cincera Therapeutics Pty Ltd. and Monash University co-presented the phenotypic drug discovery of CIN-244, a novel MRTF/SRF pathway inhibitor reported to be potentially useful for the treatment of fibrotic disease, particularly liver, lung and renal fibrosis.
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