Abata Therapeutics Inc. has obtained FDA clearance for its IND application enabling initiation of a first-in-human study of ABA-101 in patients with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS). A phase I study will open later this year.
Researchers from Oricell Therapeutics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. presented the discovery and preclinical characterization of ORIC-613, a dual-targeting CAR T-cell therapy being developed for the treatment of pancreatic and gastric cancer.
Scientists at the University of Washington have engineered human plasma B cells modified to express long-lasting bispecific antibodies that could be used to treat leukemia without requiring continuous dosing.
“We are trying to engineer plasma cells to make as a stable source for biologic drugs. One thing that is really unique about plasma cells is that they can live for a really long time … up to 10 years or even 100 years depending on the type of plasma cell that that you make,” Richard James, senior author of the study, principal investigator at Seattle Children’s Research Institute, and associate professor at the University of Washington, told BioWorld.
SCG Cell Therapy Pte Ltd. has gained FDA clearance of its IND application to initiate a phase I/II trial of SCG-142, a novel next-generation human papillomavirus (HPV) E7-specific T-cell receptor-engineered T (TCR T)-cell therapy for patients with HPV-associated solid tumors.
Waypoint Bio has raised $14.5 million in seed funding to support its work pioneering novel cell therapies for solid tumors using in vivo spatial pooled screening technology.
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. has obtained clearance from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to conduct clinical trials in China with the first mRNA-lipid nanoparticles (LNP)-based CAR T-cell injection, SYS-6020.
Adicet Bio Inc. has obtained FDA clearance of its IND application to evaluate ADI-270, an armored allogeneic λδ CAR T-cell therapy candidate targeting CD70-positive cancers, for the treatment of relapsed or refractory renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
Medigene AG has selected its lead candidate for MDG-2021, a T-cell receptor engineered T-cell (TCR-T) therapy targeting KRAS G12D with human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A*11 being developed in combination with the company’s PD1-41BB costimulatory switch protein (CSP) technology.
Yellowstone Biosciences Ltd. has launched with a focus on soluble bispecific T-cell receptor (TCR)-based therapies for human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II (HLA-II) targets in oncology.
The FDA has granted orphan drug designation to Be Biopharma Inc.’s BE-101, a novel engineered B-cell medicine being developed for the treatment of hemophilia B.
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