Insilico Medicine Inc. has received IND clearance from China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for ISM-3312, an orally available 3CLpro inhibitor for the treatment of COVID-19. ISM-3312 has a novel molecular structure and was optimized from compounds designed by Chemistry42, Insilico’s generative chemistry AI platform.

Accutar Biotechnology Inc. has received FDA clearance of its IND application for AC-0676 for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell malignancies.

Egret Therapeutics, a portfolio company of Turret Capital Management LP, has announced FDA clearance of its IND application for EGT-101 for the treatment of delayed cerebral ischemia following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Inmagene Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has obtained IND approval from the FDA for IMG-008, the company's novel long-acting antagonistic humanized monoclonal antibody that specifically targets human IL-36 receptor (IL-36R) to treat auto-inflammatory diseases.

Pliant Therapeutics Inc. has received FDA clearance of its IND application for PLN-101095, an oral, small-molecule, dual selective inhibitor of integrins αvβ8 and αvβ1.

Greenlight Biosciences Holdings PBC has received regulatory approval from the Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (Rwanda FDA) to start a first-in-human phase I/II trial of its mRNA vaccine candidate against COVID-19, GLB-COV2-043, as a booster for previously vaccinated individuals.

Rise Therapeutics LLC has received FDA clearance for its IND application to proceed with a phase I trial of R-3750, a synthetic biology-based cellular immunotherapy being developed for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. The phase I trial will enroll patients with mild to moderate ulcerative.