Ascletis Pharma Inc. announces that the company has filed an IND application with the FDA for ASC-10, an oral antiviral drug candidate targeting viral polymerase of monkeypox virus.
Novaccess Global Inc. has announced the approval of its application with the FDA for orphan drug designation for TLR-AD1, a vaccine immunotherapy for the treatment of aggressive brain cancers, including glioblastoma and other high-grade gliomas. The company’s therapeutic path involves a unique transformational process, which involves the addition of proprietary substances to create a cocktail for more personalized treatment that substantially increases clinical benefits for patients.
Cellevolve Bio Inc. announced that the FDA has cleared its IND application for CE-VST01-JC, an allogeneic, off-the-shelf, JC-specific T-cell therapy (JC-VST) targeting JC polyoma virus (JCV), being studied for the treatment of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML).
Guangzhou Zhiyi Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has received IND approval from the FDA to conduct a phase I study in the U.S. with SK-10 for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced diarrhea.
Nkgen Biotech Inc. has received IND clearance from the FDA for a phase I study of its cryopreserved off-the-shelf allogeneic blood-derived natural killer (NK) cell therapy SNK-02, to evaluate safety and tolerability in participants with pathologically confirmed solid tumors refractory to standard-of-care therapy.
Biomea Fusion Inc. has received IND clearance from the FDA to begin a phase I/Ib trial of BMF-219, a selective, covalent menin inhibitor in patients with unresectable, locally advanced, or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), colorectal cancer, or pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with an activating KRAS mutation.