Starkage Therapeutics SAS has established a research collaboration with Gustave Roussy to characterize cellular senescence induced by standard-of-care treatments in a series of digestive cancers.
Researchers from Leiden University Medical Center previously demonstrated that the junction adhesion molecule-independent mutant (jin-3) reovirus, which is a double-stranded RNA virus not associated with severe human disease, presents extended tumor tropism compared to wild-type reoviruses.
B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BCP-ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer. Although pediatric ALL is cured in over 90% of cases, children with high-risk BCP-ALL present increased chance of treatment failure and relapse.
Another day, another insider trading settlement involving a biopharma company employee. This time the U.S. SEC settlement is with Mohit Verma, who was a researcher and associate director of immunology at the San Diego-based Infinitybio Inc. at the time of the alleged violative trading activity.
Lunan New Time Biotechnical Co. Ltd. has identified new camptothecin derivatives and their antibody-drug conjugates reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Ervimmune SAS has announced the first closing of its series A financing with €17 million ($19.8 million) raised to advance ErVac-01, Ervimmune’s lead candidate, into the clinic and through a first-in-human trial.
Neok Bio Inc. has obtained IND clearance from the FDA for NEOK-001, enabling initiation of a phase I trial for solid tumors. Dosing is expected to begin in the coming months, and initial clinical data are anticipated next year.
Researchers at DEM Biopharma Inc. reported preclinical findings demonstrating the efficacy of DEM-301, a bifunctional antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) engineered to selectively recognize and eliminate tumor cells that express DEM-TXX.
The University of Washington has divulged antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) comprising an antibody targeting HER2 (erbB2) linked to monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE) through a linker. They are described as useful for the treatment of cancer.