Fortvita Biologics Inc. and Innovent Biologics (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. have jointly reported new antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) comprising a bispecific antibody or antigen-binding fragments targeting V-set domain-containing T-cell activation inhibitor 1 (VTCN1, B7-H4) and tumor-associated calcium signal transducer 2 (TACSTD2; TROP2) linked to cytotoxic drug. They are described as potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
Shanghai Ruotuo Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has patented antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) comprising bispecific antibodies targeting epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFR; ERBB; HER) and receptor tyrosine-protein kinase erbb-3 (ERBB3; HER3) linked to a cytotoxic drug through a linker intended for use in the treatment of cancer.
A team of investigators at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborating institutions aimed to isolate the on-target activity of CAR T cells to target tumor cells.
T-Curx GmbH has obtained clinical trial approval from the Swiss agency Swissmedic for the company’s nonviral lead CAR T program, TCX-001. The first-in-human phase I study will open in Switzerland, and a submission to the EMA will seek to expand the trial to sites in Germany. The study will enroll adults with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), including patients not eligible for stem cell transplantation.
Antengene Corp. Ltd. has obtained IND approval from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for ATG-201 for the treatment of B-cell related autoimmune diseases.
Pheon Therapeutics Ltd. has patented antibody-drug conjugates, comprising an antibody targeting CDCP1 covalently linked to a cytotoxic drug through a linker, that are potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
The University of Oxford and Moderna Inc. have announced authorization by the U.K.’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to initiate a phase I/II study of mRNA-4194, Moderna’s investigational mRNA-based cancer vaccine for Lynch syndrome.
About 90% of brain metastases are often limited therapeutically speaking due to the impermeable blood-brain barrier (BBB). Nanocarry Therapeutics Ltd. has presented AxS007, a novel insulin-mediated nanocarrier that delivers multiple copies of trastuzumab and pertuzumab across the BBB, using native insulin as a brain transporter and increasing brain exposure.
Sotio Biotech AS’s SOT-106 has been granted orphan drug designation by the FDA for the treatment of osteosarcoma. SOT-106 is a next-generation antibody-drug conjugate targeting leucine-rich repeat-containing 15 (LRRC15), a clinically validated target broadly expressed across sarcoma subtypes and in tumor-associated stroma.
IMU Biosciences Ltd. has closed its series A at £40 million (US$53.9 million), adding £28.5 million to the initial close in January 2024, and bringing the total raised since the company’s formation in 2021 to £45 million. Since that first close, IMU has built what is claimed as the world’s largest high-definition immune system dataset, with almost 25,000 profiles of healthy volunteers and disease-specific patient cohorts.
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