Qingdao Putaike Biomedical Technology Co. Ltd. has divulged hydrophobic tag-based degraders comprising heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) ligands covalently linked to an androgen receptor (AR)-targeting moiety through a linker acting as AR degradation inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of acne, androgenic alopecia, hirsutism, metabolic disorders, breast cancer and prostate cancer.
Zhejiang Yangli Pharmaceutical Technology Co. Ltd. has synthesized thiazole-substituted pyrimidine amine compounds acting as CDK2/cyclin E1 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Université de Montréal has disclosed GTPase KRAS G12D mutant inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, inflammatory disorders and immunological disorders.
Abilita Therapeutics Inc. has developed a novel approach targeting CCR8 – ABT-863 – that works as a potent inverse agonist to block CCL1-dependent and basal receptor signaling.
Vycellix Inc. has successfully completed preclinical development for its universal cell engineering platform (VY-UC) and will now seek clinical trial clearance in Sweden to begin a phase I study of VNK-101, an allogeneic natural killer (NK) cell therapy engineered with VY-UC for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
Previous findings have shown that the bisteric mTORC1 inhibitor Rapalink-1 exerts superior efficacy than the parent inhibitors rapamycin and sapanisertib in orthotopic xenograft models of glioblastoma. The bitopic clinical derivative of this compound is RMC-5552 from Revolution Medicines Inc., which is currently in phase I/II clinical studies for glioblastoma.
Shenzhen Forward Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has described fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of stomach cancer and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
Shanghai Qilu Pharmaceutical Research and Development Centre Ltd. has divulged cellular tumor antigen p53 (TP53) (Tyr220Cys mutant) stabilizers reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Theratechnologies Inc. and Transfert Plus SEC have disclosed peptide-drug conjugates comprising a maytansinoid moiety linked to peptides targeting the sortilin (neurotensin NTR3; NT3; Gp95) receptor through a protease-cleavable linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.