Dewpoint Therapeutics Inc. has closed its series D financing to advance DPTX-3186, a first-in-class condensate modulator (c-mod), into clinical trials by year-end and deliver early clinical proof of concept in gastric cancer by the end of next year.
Fibrobiologics Inc. has announced IND-enabling updates from its psoriasis research program demonstrating the potential of human dermal fibroblast (HDF) spheroids as a novel therapeutic approach for chronic-relapse psoriasis.
Iambic Therapeutics Inc. presented preclinical data on IAM-1363, a selective and irreversible HER2 and pan-HER2 mutant inhibitor in HER2-driven NSCLC models. In vitro studies across a panel of HER2-altered NSCLC cell lines demonstrated that IAM-1363 exhibits potent antiproliferative activity in both HER2-amplified and HER2-mutant models.
Loss of function variants in the lipid transporter gene ATP-binding cassette ABC transporter A7 (ABCA7) nearly double the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which makes ABCA7 the strongest AD genetic risk factor after ApoE4.
Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corp. has prepared and tested glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of fibrosis, neurodegeneration, nutrition, endocrine, immunological, inflammatory, psychiatric and renal disorders, among others.
Aligos Therapeutics Inc. has patented programmed cell death 1 (PDCD1; PD-1; CD279) and/or PD-1 ligand 1 (PD-L1; CD274) and/or PD-1/PD-L1 interaction inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma) and hepatitis B.
Researchers from Cyclone Therapeutics Inc. and the Scripps Research Institute have disclosed tetracycline derivatives reported to be useful for the treatment of fragile X syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis and Alzheimer’s disease.