Protuoso Biosciences has announced the close of an oversubscribed $9.5 million seed financing round, the proceeds of which will be used to advance its multifunctional protein engineering platform and broad pipeline across cardiometabolic, oncology and autoimmune diseases.
Reprogram Biosciences Inc., a preclinical oncology biotechnology company developing mRNA-based therapeutics to treat solid tumors, has announced the close of its seed financing, bringing the total capital raised to $6 million since the company’s founding in 2025.
At the ongoing European Association for the Study of the Liver 2026 annual meeting in Barcelona, researchers from Oricell Therapeutics Co. Ltd. presented data on a CAR T-cell approach targeting glypican 3 (GPC3) – OriC-902 – for the treatment of GPC3+ hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Treeline Biosciences Inc. has patented new tetrahydroisoquinoline heterobifunctional proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety coupled to a Bcl-2-like protein 1 (Bcl-xl; Bcl-X; BCL2L1)-targeting moiety potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
Coultreon Biopharma BV has synthesized new macrocyclic cellular tumor antigen p53 (TP53) (Y220C mutant) stabilizers potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
Kolon Life Science Inc. is developing KLS-3021, a next-generation oncolytic vaccinia virus designed to express the PH20, IL-12 and PD-1-Fc transgenes to mediate receptor-independent tumor cell killing and enhance antitumor immune responses.
Biomunex Pharmaceuticals SAS has entered into strategic collaborations with two AI-specialized companies – Gordion Bioscience Inc. and Tangramed Biotech SAS – as part of its strategy to integrate AI into its R&D activities and support the development of next-generation immunotherapies in oncology.
Yantai New Drug Creation Shandong Laboratory has prepared and tested new heterocyclic amide compounds acting as ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 1 (USP1) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
Convalife Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has synthesized new polysubstituted aminoquinoline compounds acting as ADP-ribosyl cyclase/cyclic ADP-ribose hydrolase 1 (CD38) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of immunological disorders and cancer.