Archeus Technologies Inc. has obtained IND clearance from the FDA for ART-101, a novel receptor-based targeting small molecule for the imaging and treatment of prostate cancer.
Harbour Biomed Ltd. has established a global strategic collaboration with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. to advance BCMAxCD3 bispecific T-cell engagers for the treatment of autoimmune diseases.
Aptevo Therapeutics Inc. has added a preclinical candidate, APVO-455, to its portfolio of CD3-directed candidates built on the CRIS-7-derived CD3 binding domain.
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has been a game changer in the treatment of B-cell malignancies, although their manufacturing process is complex and needs lymphodepletion, thus limiting their use. Researchers from Capstan Therapeutics Inc. have recently published data regarding an in vivo engineering approach to generate CAR T cells using targeted lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) for mRNA delivery to specific T-cell populations for the treatment of cancer and B-cell-mediated autoimmune diseases.
Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has described macrocyclic compounds acting as DNA polymerase θ (POLθ) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Jiangsu Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Hansoh Biomedical Co. Ltd. have divulged protein arginine N-methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Blueprint Medicines Corp. has identified proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety covalently linked to a cyclin dependent kinase 2 (CDK2)-targeting moiety through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Astrazeneca AB has synthesized proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising a protein cereblon (CRBN) binding moiety covalently linked to an estrogen receptor α (ER-α)-targeting moiety through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of breast cancer.
Researchers at Shanghai Haiyan Pharmaceutical Technology Co. Ltd. and Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group have disclosed proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety coupled to a polycomb protein EED-targeting moiety through linkers; they are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Lung cancer is the second most frequent cancer worldwide, and it accounts for 18% of all cancer-related deaths. Most cases of lung cancer involve non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), in which therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) can improve prognosis, yet up to 75% of patients fail to respond to it. Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College have identified potential metabolic markers that may help predict which patients are more likely to respond to ICI therapy.
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