CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.’s antibody-drug conjugate SYS-6045 has been granted clearance by China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to enter clinical trials.
A €20 million (US$20.6 million) series A financing round at Neumirna Therapeutics ApS is set to support the company’s development of RNA therapies for epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease and other neurological disorders, and enable the company to advance its lead asset into the clinic.
Researchers from Gazi University and Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena presented the discovery and preclinical characterization of novel microsomal prostaglandin E2 synthase 1 (mPGES-1) inhibitors as potential anti-inflammatory and analgesic drug candidates.
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. has obtained clearance from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to conduct clinical trials in China of SYH-2059 tablets for interstitial lung disease, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and progressive pulmonary fibrosis.
Artificial intelligence (AI)-based models developed by a team of international researchers were able to identify ovarian cancer in ultrasound images more accurately than humans. Results from a study published in Nature Medicine showed that the AI models achieved an accuracy rate of 86.3%, compared to 82.6% for the experts and 77.7% for the non-expert examiners.
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has divulged incretin analogues acting as dual agonists of gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIPR) receptor/GLP-1 or GLP-1/glucagon receptor (GCGR) or triple agonists of GIPR/GLP-1/GCGR reported to be useful for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, obesity, metabolic syndrome, neurodegeneration, fibrosis and cardiovascular disorders.