Vitalli Bio Inc. terminated a potential $477 million licensing deal for autoimmune disease drug, DWP-213388, signed a year ago with Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., although Vitalli still retains option rights to two more dual inhibitor candidates that could fetch up to $941 million.
Trex Bio Inc. has closed an oversubscribed $84 million series B financing round to support development of its pipeline of novel therapies that modulate the immune system to restore human tissue immune homeostasis.
Genosco Inc. has divulged Rho-associated protein kinase 2 (ROCK2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of fibrosis, cancer, cardiovascular and inflammatory disorders.
Eli Lilly and Co.’s chief scientific officer, Daniel Skovronsky, called peresolimab, the PD-1 agonist previously in the works by the firm for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a “really interesting mechanism” – but not interesting enough.
Shanghai Yidi Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has patented dihydrothienopyrimidine compounds acting as phosphodiesterase PDE4B2 and/or PDE4D2 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of autoimmune, metabolic diseases, neurological and inflammatory disorders.
Hifibio Therapeutics Inc. has gained IND clearance from the FDA for HFB-200604, a potentially best-in-class BTLA agonist monoclonal antibody for inflammatory and immunology diseases.
Biogen Inc. has identified non-receptor tyrosine-protein kinase TYK2 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune disease, cardiovascular disorders, fibrosis, inflammatory disorders, liver diseases, pain and neurodegeneration, among others.
Shanghai Yidi Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has identified dihydrothienopyrimidine compounds acting as phosphodiesterase PDE4B2 and/or phosphodiesterase PDE4D2 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of autoimmune disorders, metabolic diseases, neurological diseases and inflammatory disorders.
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