CDT Equity Inc. has deployed an AI-led drug repurposing strategy for its portfolio and identified a new biological target and novel therapeutic indication for its lead program, AZD-1656 (and its derivatives).
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) has awarded $1.1 million to Phiogen Inc. to evaluate PHI-BI-01, the company’s dual-action therapeutic designed to treat and prevent extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) bloodstream infections.
It is known that phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate 4-kinase, type II, γ (PIP4K2C) is a lipid kinase tied to poor outcomes in a variety of cancers, such as colorectal (CRC) and breast cancers. In the search for PIP4K2C degraders, researchers from Larkspur Biosciences Inc. discovered LRK-4189, a cereblon-mediated PIP4K2C degrader.
At the 12th Aging Research & Drug Discovery (ARDD) Meeting, which is being held this week in Copenhagen, Life Biosciences Inc. announced that it is developing its partial epigenetic reprogramming technology for liver disease as well as optic neuropathies. The company’s chief scientific officer Sharon Rosenzweig-Lipson estimated that its ER-100 would enter clinical trials in early 2026, putting it on track to be the first application of partial epigenetic reprogramming to enter the clinic.
Partly focused on delivery challenges that have limited the reach of RNA medicines, new biotech company Axelyf Inc. closed a $2.6 million seed round to support development of its AXL technology and to advance lead autoimmune candidate AXL-003.
Technische Universität München has described conjugates comprising a silicone-based fluoride acceptor (SiFA)-based peptide targeting moiety covalently linked to radiolabeled chelating agents through a divalent linker.
Haisco Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has identified sulfur-containing heterocyclic derivatives acting as sodium channel protein type 10 subunit α (SCN10A; Nav1.8) blockers reported to be useful for the treatment of pain.
Novartis AG has synthesized cyanotrizole compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of leishmaniasis, American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) and African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness).
Pfizer Inc. has disclosed salts of gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor (GIPR) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity.