Dualitas Therapeutics Inc. exited stealth mode with a $65 million series A investment that was co-led by Versant Ventures and Qiming Venture Partners USA.
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC and Peloton Therapeutics Inc. have described transcriptional coactivator YAP1/transcriptional enhancer factor (TEAD) interaction inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Eubulus Biotherapeutics Inc. has identified molecular glue degraders acting as cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) degradation inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
University of Notre Dame du Lac has disclosed peptide-drug conjugates, their hydrogels and their self-assembling nanofibers comprising glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R) and/or gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor (GIPR) and/or glucagon receptor agonists linked to an amphiphile moiety through a hydrophobic or hydrophilic-comprising linker acting as vaccine adjuvants reported to be useful for the treatment of diabetes and obesity.
Mutations in the F9 gene cause factor IX (FIX) deficiency, leading to severe bleeding in people with hemophilia B. Current therapies rely on frequent FIX infusions or newer agents that rebalance coagulation, but both approaches still require weekly to bimonthly dosing and often fail to entirely prevent breakthrough bleeding events, which remain common in patients. Therefore, new therapeutic strategies providing a predictable, durable, active and redosable source of FIX are urgently needed.
Endocyclic Therapeutics (Endomet Biosciences Inc.) has been awarded a National Institute of Health (NIH) Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to accelerate the commercialization of ENDO-205, a nonhormonal, disease-modifying therapeutic designed to treat endometriosis.
Metastatic and relapsed osteosarcoma remains challenging to treat despite the introduction of advanced surgical techniques, intensified chemotherapy and targeted therapies. Adoptive immunotherapies such as CAR T cells, despite being in nascent stages, are considered a potential option for treating aggressive solid tumors such as osteosarcoma.
At the 2025 World Sleep Congress, researchers from Bioprojet SA, Harmony Biosciences Holdings Inc. and Teijin Pharma Ltd. presented preclinical efficacy data on BP1.15205, a novel, orally available OX2R agonist under development for the treatment of narcolepsy.
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