Chengdian (Suzhou) Biopharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has received IND clearance from the FDA, allowing it to initiate a first-in-human phase I trial of CD-001.
CDR-Life Inc. has reported preclinical data for the CDR-813, a novel antibody fragment-based bivalent T-cell engager targeting preferentially expressed antigen in melanoma (PRAME) on HLA-A*02:01.
Rakuten Medical Inc. has presented preclinical results with RM-0256, a PD-L1-targeted photoimmunotherapy, showing its ability to kill immunosuppressive myeloid cells to activate local and systemic antitumor immunity.
Guangdong HEC Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has described programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)/PD-1 ligand 1 (PD-L1) interaction inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, infections and autoimmune disease.
Scientists at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, Universitat de Barcelona and Université Paris Sciences et Lettres have divulged metal complexes (particularly Ru[II]) acting as photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, dermatological disorders and fungal infections.
A paper from Shenzhen University and affiliated organizations covers the discovery of a novel bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4)-specific proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC).
Researchers at Anadolu University and Bilecik Seyh Edebali University have described quinazolinone derivative compounds acting as EGFR (HER1; erbB1) inhibitors and apoptosis inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of lung cancer.
Signet Therapeutics Co. Ltd. has divulged α, β-unsaturated amide compounds acting as transcriptional enhancer factor (TEAD) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.