Shanghai Micurx Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has discovered peptide-drug conjugates consisting of peptide-targeting kidney cells covalently linked to anti-inflammatory or immunomodulating or nephron-protective drugs through linkers reported to be useful for the treatment of acute kidney injury, nephritis, chronic kidney disease, chronic glomerulonephritis, diabetic nephropathy and systemic lupus erythematosus, among others.
Beijing Tide Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has identified proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising a cereblon E3 ubiquitin ligase binding moiety coupled to tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 11 (PTPN11; PTP-2C; SHP-2) targeting agents through linkers reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry has prepared and tested microtubule destabilizers (tubulin polymerization inhibitors) reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, and Alzheimer’s, Huntington's and Parkinson's disease.
Scientists from Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Hengrui Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have disclosed antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) comprising antibodies targeting HER2 bound to an eribulin derivative through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Baylor College of Medicine has synthesized activin receptor type-1 (ACVR1; ALK2; ACTR-I) and/or serine/threonine-protein kinase receptor R3 (ACVRL1; ALK1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), atherosclerosis and iron deficiency anemia.
Kytopen Corp. has received a phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant of $1.6 million from the NIAID/NIH to support preclinical studies of its engineered natural killer (NK) cells. The funding will be used to conduct in vivo preclinical studies, which will be conducted by Charles River Laboratories
Abata Therapeutics Inc. announced it has received an equity investment from Bristol Myers Squibb to support the development of its Treg cell therapy products. Their investment supports Abata's continued advancement into the clinic, with trial initiation imminent for ABA-101 in progressive multiple sclerosis (MS). Abata obtained FDA clearance for a first-in-human study of ABA-101 in patients with MS in July.
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is characterized by extensive demyelination and inflammatory responses. The clearance of microglial lipid droplets contributes to neural recovery and remyelination. Putting the focus on investigating microRNAs that regulate lipid homeostasis after SCI was the objective of a recently published study.
Kalm Therapeutics Inc. disclosed a $700,000 oversubscribed closing of its seed round, which will be used to complete regulatory activities outlined in Kalm’s pre-IND meeting with the U.S. FDA, fund personnel and transfer the company’s patch production to a manufacturer.
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