Oniria Therapeutics SL, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) and Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ) have partnered to advance ONR-001 for the treatment of colorectal cancer and to prepare it for clinical trials.
The ALS Association has announced the recipients of its 2025 Hoffman ALS Clinical Trial Awards. These research grants, worth up to $1 million each, support early-phase trials that generate critical data to accelerate the development of new amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) treatments.
Crossbridge Bio Inc. has been awarded a $15 million grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to support completion of IND-enabling activities and advancement of CBB-120 into first-in-human studies.
Scineuro Pharmaceuticals Holdings Ltd. has received a $5 million research grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) to accelerate the preclinical development of the company’s novel LRRK2-targeted antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) program, SNP-614, for Parkinson’s disease.
Revir Therapeutics Inc. has announced progress in its HTT-PMS1 genetic medicine program for Huntington’s disease with the identification of a lead compound and the award of a $4.6 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM).
The DeGregorio Family Foundation, with support from the Esophageal Cancer Awareness Association, has awarded an additional $75,000 Michael F. Price Memorial Grant to support research that will provide the groundwork to advance two new drugs – SSTN-302 and SST-1034 – to a phase I clinical trial in patients with advanced upper gastrointestinal cancer.
Confo Therapeutics NV has secured a 2-year €1 million (US$1.2 million) grant from Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO) to advance research and development of ultra-long-acting medicines targeting G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), including bi- and multispecific antibody formats for obesity and other metabolic and endocrine disorders.
Tessera Therapeutics Inc. has been awarded up to $41.3 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) as part of its EMBODY (Engineering of immune cells inside the body) program to support the development of Tessera’s in vivo CAR T therapy efforts.
Pop Biotechnologies Inc. has been awarded a $2.46 million grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to pursue development of a ‘mosaic’ active immunotherapy against Alzheimer’s disease.
Orexo AB’s subsidiary Orexo US Inc. has been awarded $8 million in funding by the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to support the development of OX-390, an intranasal rescue medication for adulterated opioid overdoses.
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