Simcere Zaiming Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has announced clinical trial approvals in China and the U.S. for its CDH6-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), SIM-0505, for advanced solid tumors. A global clinical study will evaluate SIM-0505 in various malignant tumors, including ovarian cancer and renal cancer.

In accordance with the publishing schedule, BioWorld Science was not published on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

Scientists at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG and Vanderbilt University have described GTPase KRAS and/or its mutant inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.

Incyte Corp. has divulged CDK2/cyclin E1 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.

Gluetacs Therapeutics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has synthesized proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety covalently linked to a target protein binding moiety through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, dermatological, neurological, respiratory and cardiovascular disorders, autoimmune diseases, infections and transplant rejection, among others.

Researchers at Shanghai Aryl Pharmtech Co. Ltd. and Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have identified aromatic amide derivatives acting as kinesin-like protein KIF18A inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.

Scientists at Sichuan Huiyu Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Sichuan Huiyu Seacross Pharma Technology Ltd. have disclosed pyridazinopyridone derivatives acting as son of sevenless homolog 1 (SOS1) inhibitors. As such, they are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, gingival fibromatosis, cardiofaciocutaneous and Noonan syndromes.