Researchers at Crossbridge Bio Inc. have conducted preclinical evaluation of CBB-120, a novel TROP2-directed dual-payload ADC designed to combine TOP1i and ATR inhibitor (ATRi) mechanisms for enhanced therapeutic efficacy.

Changchung Genescience Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., reported effects of the bispecific antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) of Gensci-143, is in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and other solid tumors.

Leukogene Therapeutics Inc.’s lead product candidate LTI-214 (M2T-CD33) has been awarded orphan drug designation by the FDA for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

For 75 years, the standard tools for autoimmune disease have consisted of steroids, cytotoxics and broad biologics that tamp down the entire immune system. They can help, but they are rarely curative. “They’re blunt instruments,” Regcell Inc. CEO Mike McCullar told BioWorld. “They can’t distinguish good immune cells and bad immune cells,” which is why many carry black-box warnings and must be taken for years, sometimes for life.

Evaxion A/S has unveiled EVX-04, an AI-designed precision cancer vaccine candidate being developed for acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

ADAM9 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase 9) is overexpressed in several gastrointestinal cancers, with expression levels correlating with suppressive tumor microenvironment, metastasis and poor prognosis. DB-1317, under development at Duality Biologics (Suzhou) Co. Ltd., is an ADAM9-targeting antibody-drug conjugate including a topoisomerase inhibitor payload P1003 at a drug-antibody ratio of 8.

For 75 years, the standard tools for autoimmune disease have consisted of steroids, cytotoxics and broad biologics that tamp down the entire immune system. They can help, but they are rarely curative. “They’re blunt instruments,” Regcell Inc. CEO Mike McCullar told BioWorld. “They can’t distinguish good immune cells and bad immune cells,” which is why many carry black-box warnings and must be taken for years, sometimes for life.