Akeso Inc. has received approval from China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for a phase Ib/II trial of ivonescimab (AK-112) combined with drebuxelimab (AK-119) for the treatment of advanced solid tumors.
Anti-SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibody (MAb) pair COV2-2196 (tixagevimab, class I) and COV2-2130 (cilgavimab, class III) are human neutralizing Abs (nAbs) that target nonredundant, complementary epitopes within the receptor binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S-RBD).
Nanoviricides Inc. has completed its IND-enabling preclinical drug development tasks pertaining to NV-CoV-2 for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection and is working to prepare an IND application to submit to the FDA.
Researchers from Meiragtx Ltd. presented preclinical data on a new and optimized gene therapy based on a mini ATP7B gene for the potential treatment of Wilson’s disease (WD), a rare (1:30,000) autosomal recessive genetic disease caused by loss-of-function mutations in ATP7B, leading to a pathologically high amount of copper in the liver and brain.
Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA has patented discoidin domain-containing receptor DDR1 and DDR2 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of fibrosis, particularly idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
Orphagen Pharmaceuticals Inc. has presented SF1 (NR5A1) receptor antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, endocrine disease and endometriosis.
Adlai Nortye Ltd. has described mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 1 (MAP4K1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, immunological and inflammatory disorders.
Hangzhou Apeloa Medicine Research Institute Co. Ltd. and Apeloa Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have disclosed fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 (FGFR-4) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.