Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corp. has disclosed 1,3,4-oxadiazole-containing compounds acting as histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of prion diseases, asthma, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney, stroke, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and uveitis, among others.
Reglagene Inc. has prepared and tested compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, familial Mediterranean fever, gout and nail fungal infection.
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC has identified compounds targeting α-synuclein (ASYN; NACP) acting as positron emission tomography agents reported to be useful for the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease.
Mabylon AG has been awarded three grants totaling more than CHF1.3 million (US$1.5 million) from Innosuisse Swiss Innovation Agency, Target ALS and the ALS Association.
Genespire Srl has closed a €46.6 million (~$52 million) series B financing to support its work developing off-the-shelf gene therapies based on immune shielded lentiviral vectors (ISLVs) for pediatric patients with genetic diseases.
The homeostasis of cytosolic calcium (Ca2+) is crucial for several physiological functions such as cell motility and neuronal transmission, among others. In this process, the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 3 (ITPR3) plays a key role in the release of intracellular Ca2+.
Bioatla Inc. and Context Therapeutics Inc. have entered into an agreement under which Context has obtained from Bioatla an exclusive, worldwide license to develop, manufacture and commercialize BA-3362, Bioatla’s Nectin-4 x CD3 T-cell engaging (TCE) bispecific antibody.
The FDA has cleared an IND application for a phase I/II study of KSQ-004EX, KSQ Therapeutics Inc.’s second engineered tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (eTIL) program. KSQ-004EX consists of TIL in which the genes encoding SOCS1 and Regnase-1 are inactivated using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing.
Ribometrix Inc. recently discussed the discovery and preclinical evaluation of a novel potent and selective eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eiF4E) inhibitor, RBX-6610, being developed for the treatment of KRAS-mutant non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).