Viverita Therapeutics Inc. has established a strategic research collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG aimed at accelerating the discovery and validation of novel therapeutic targets for cancer.
Canwell Biotech Ltd. has described tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 11 (PTPN11; PTP-2C; SHP-2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology has identified glutaminase inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.
Cadherin 17 (CDH17) is a membrane-bound cell adhesion molecule involved in tumor cell proliferation and is selectively overexpressed in several gastrointestinal malignancies, including colorectal cancer, gastric cancer and pancreatic cancer.
Formosa Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Almac Discovery Ltd. have announced a global licensing agreement for development and commercialization of ALM-401, a first-in-class engineered bispecific antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) for the treatment of solid tumors characterized by the dual expression of EGFR and ROR1.
Scientists at University of Connecticut and University of Iowa have described phosphonamidate prodrugs reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Jiangsu Simcere Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has identified proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase binding moiety coupled to an interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 4 (IRAK-4)-targeting moiety through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, neurodegeneration, infections, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders.
Nutshell Therapeutics Inc. has synthesized deuterated indolizine compounds acting as cellular tumor antigen p53 (TP53) (Y220C mutant) reactivators reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.