Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is still the main treatment option for locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer (PCa); however, most patients receiving ADT develop resistance to treatment and relapse, with a more aggressive form of cancer, castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).
Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc has received clearance of its IND application from the FDA to initiate a first-in-human phase I/IIa trial of LB-101 for the treatment of solid tumors.
Janssen Pharmaceutica NV has identified 5-oxo-pyrido[2,3-d]pyridazin-6(5h)-yl acetamides acting as NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, viral hepatitis, diabetes, immunological, inflammatory, neurological, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.
Medshine Discovery Inc. has synthesized dimethyl-substituted thiazololactam compounds acting as mitogen-activated protein kinase 3 (MAPK3; ERK1) and/or (MAPK1; ERK2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Vestlandets Innovasjonsselskap AS (VIS) have disclosed bufalin derivatives acting as androgen receptor antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of prostate cancer.
Sana Biotechnology Inc. has received FDA clearance of its IND application to initiate a first-in-human study of SC-291 in patients with various B-cell malignancies. Initial clinical data from the study are expected later this year. SC-291 is a CD19-targeted allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy developed using Sana's hypoimmune platform.
Roquefort Therapeutics plc's ROQ-A1 and ROQ-A2 Midkine (MDK) antibody programs, targeting metastatic breast cancer and metastatic lung cancer, have successfully demonstrated in vivo safety in preclinical development programs conducted by cancer research groups.
Unexpected behavior of neutrophils unveiled by researchers at Stanford University could lead to a new type of immunotherapy to treat cancer. Although various studies have suggested that these cells are harmful due to their immunosuppressive characteristics, the scientists saw in them an opportunity to redirect them and eliminate tumors.
Medshine Discovery Inc. has synthesized proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase binding moieties covalently linked to bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4; HUNK1) targeting moieties through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
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