Sitryx Therapeutics Ltd. has identified compounds acting as pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) and/or PKLR activators reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, obesity, inflammation, diabetes and hematologic disorders.
Petra Pharma Corp. has synthesized phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase α (PI3Kα) inhibitors, particularly H1047R and/or E545K mutant allosteric inhibitors. They are described as potentially useful for the treatment of cancer, PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum, congenital lipomatous overgrowth, vascular malformations, epidermal naevi and skeletal abnormalities.
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), located within the tumor microenvironment (TME), are involved in immunosuppression, metastasis, chemoresistance and angiogenesis. Reprogramming TAMs intratumorally by targeting glutamine metabolism may provide a robust antitumor effect.
Researchers from Australis Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd. have presented preclinical data for the microtubule-destabilizing agent AUS-001, which is being evaluated in models of glioblastoma (GBM).
It is known that an abnormal activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is involved in tumor formation and progression, where MEK1 and MEK2 are the key proteins involved in this pathway. At the ongoing ASCO meeting in Chicago, Pasithea Therapeutics Corp. presented data on PAS-004, a macrocyclic MEK inhibitor for the potential treatment of cancer.
Meliora Therapeutics Inc. has patented cyclin-dependent kinase 11 (CDK11) inhibitors and apoptosis inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of breast cancer and melanoma.
Rakovina Therapeutics Inc. has described dual NAD+ ADP-ribosyltransferase (poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase; PARP) and histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of Ewing sarcoma.
Bristol Myers Squibb Co. has identified proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising a E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety coupled to a proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase receptor Ret (RET; CDHF12; PTC) targeting moiety through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.