Peptide-drug conjugates are an emerging class of molecules that allow efficient targeted drug delivery into tumors. Researchers from Oncopeptides AB and their collaborators presented data on the novel peptide-drug conjugate OPDC3, which has a novel alkylating payload, in models of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
Hotspot Therapeutics Inc. has received FDA clearance of its IND application for HST-1011, the company's investigational small-molecule allosteric inhibitor of casitas B-lineage lymphoma-B (CBL-B), an E3 ubiquitin protein ligase critically involved in immune cell response.
Jiangsu Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has described proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising of E3 ubiquitin ligase cereblon (CRBN) binding moiety covalently linked to a Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) binding moiety through a linker. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs) originate from a clonal expansion of B cells (85%), T cells/NK cells (15%) or macrophages (~1%) due to an accumulation of genetic lesions in tumor suppressor genes. Approximately 82,000 new cases of NHL were diagnosed in 2021.
Oncoprotein Myc is known to be dysregulated in about 70% of cancers, and it is highly expressed in leukemias and lymphomas. Targeting Myc has not been successful and is still an unmet clinical need for cancer patients.
Askgene Pharma Inc. has received FDA clearance of its IND application to start a phase I study of ASKG-915, a novel and proprietary anti-PD-1/IL-15 prodrug fusion molecule for the treatment of cancer.
Janssen Pharmaceutica NV and Johnson & Johnson (China) Investment Ltd. have identified substituted phenyl-1H-pyrrolo [2, 3-c] pyridine derivatives acting as menin (MEN1)/MLL interaction inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Impact Therapeutics (Shanghai) Inc. has synthesized nitrogen-containing fused heteroaromatic bicyclic compounds acting as ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 1 (USP1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Researchers from Nanjing University and China Pharmaceutical University have reported the discovery and preclinical evaluation of a novel KRAS(G12C) inhibitor.
Transcode Therapeutics Inc. has received clearance from the FDA to proceed with a first-in-human phase 0 trial of TTX-MC138 in cancer patients with advanced solid tumors. A single dose of radiolabeled TTX-MC138 will be followed by noninvasive PET-MRI to quantify the amount of radiolabeled TTX-MC138 delivered to metastatic lesions.
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