Praetego Inc. has been granted a US$300,000 phase I Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) award by the National Eye Institute (NEI) to advance the company's lead candidate, PTG-630, into preclinical proof of concept in diabetic retinopathy.
Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA (MPS IIIA) is a genetic disorder where mutations in SGSH lead to the accumulation of heparan sulfate (HS) and lysosomal dysfunction that translate into developmental delay and cognition decline in humans. To date, there is no cure for MPS IIIA and that is why finding new strategies is an urgent need.
Tevard Biosciences Inc. has entered into a 4-year global research collaboration with Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. aimed at creating new tRNA-based therapies for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) caused by nonsense mutations, with options to expand into additional muscular dystrophies and a second indication.
Voltron Therapeutics Inc., a portfolio company of Lucius Partners LLC, has signed a new sponsored research agreement (SRA) with the Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard Medical School to initiate a preclinical immuno-oncology study targeting prostate stem cell antigen (PSCA) in prostate, renal cell and urothelial cancers.
Mabwell (Shanghai) Bioscience Co. Ltd. has received approval of its IND application from Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) for 9MW3811 injection for tumors and pulmonary fibrosis.
Kiromic Biopharma Inc. has reported favorable safety results from the histopathology evaluation of a preclinical study of the pharmacology of Deltacel (KB-GDT-01) administered alone and in combination with a nonbiological antitumor therapy in mice.
It has been demonstrated that stem cell factor (SCF) and its receptor KIT play key roles in the differentiation, proliferation, survival, migration and activation of mast cells, which in turn play a central role in the development of IgE-mediated allergic diseases, including allergic urticaria and food allergy.
Tricyclic fused pyrimidine compounds have been described in a Bristol Myers Squibb Co. patent as HER2 (erB2) and/or HER2 (erB2) mutant inhibitors with potential for the treatment of cancer.
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. have prepared and tested cyclopenta-thieno-diazepine derivatives acting as GABA-A receptor subunit α2β2γ1 positive allosteric modulators (PAMs). As such, they are reported to be useful for the treatment of neurological disorders.
Crestone Inc. and the University of Colorado have reported efflux pump (bacterial) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of Gram-negative bacterial infections.
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