Beijing Primegene Therapeutics Co. Ltd. has disclosed serine/threonine-protein kinase Nek7 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, stroke, osteoarthritis, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, atherosclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease, among others.
Researchers from Heidelberg Pharma AG have presented a new antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) that shows promise for treating pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). The ADC, called hRS7 ATAC, targets trophoblast cell surface antigen 2 (TROP2), which is overexpressed in most pancreatic tumors and is associated with aggressive disease and poor prognosis.
Synthetic Design Lab Inc., which emerged from stealth with a $20 million seed round and a platform technology aimed at advancing the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) space, began with its founders identifying a single clear goal: how to deliver more payload to a target cancer cell.
Pliant Therapeutics Inc. has described integrin αvβ1, integrin αvβ6 and/or integrin αvβ8 antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and fibrosis.
CSPC Zhongqi Pharmaceutical Technology (Shijiazhuang) Co. Ltd. has identified proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase cereblon binding moiety coupled to an EGFR-targeting moiety via a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer.
Duality Biologics (Suzhou) Co, Ltd. has synthesized proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase binding moiety covalently linked to a eukaryotic peptide chain release factor GTP-binding subunit ERF3A (GSPT1)-targeting moiety through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Onward Therapeutics SA’s subsidiary Emercell SAS has received investigational medicinal product dossier (IMPD) approval from the EMA to initiate a phase I trial of OT-C001, an allogeneic natural killer (NK) cell therapy, in combination with an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, rituximab.
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