Candid Therapeutics Inc. launched with ex-China control of two bispecific T-cell engager antibodies that it plans to develop for autoimmune diseases. The San Diego-based company will start off with a pocketful of cash, having raised over $370 million for the development of the in-licensed candidates.
Cascade Pharmaceuticals Inc. has disclosed new thyroid hormone receptor β (THRβ) agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), hypothyroidism, atherosclerosis and dyslipidemia.
New miR-124 activators have been reported in a recent Nanjing Synnocare Pharmaceutical Technology Co. Ltd. patent as potentially useful for the treatment of Alzheimer type dementia, Parkinson’s disease, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer and viral infections.
IRCCS San Raffaele, Universita Degli Studi Di Perugia and Universita Vita-Salute San Raffaele have jointly developed new oxysterols receptor LXR-α (NR1H3; LXRA) and/or LXR-β (NR1H2; LXRB) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, inflammatory and immunological disorders.
A Scandiedge Therapeutics AB patent details compounds targeting pyruvate kinase PKLR reported to be useful for the treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) and hepatocellular carcinoma.
The University of California and the US Department of Veterans Affairs have patented androgen receptor (AR) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of prostate cancer.
Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an aggressive neuroendocrine cancer with a poor prognosis due to rapid growth, early metastases and acquired drug resistance, making it difficult to manage.
Cancer immunotherapy based on programmed death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1) has made huge steps toward overcoming cancer, but many patients still experience poor response to anti-PD-L1 therapy or do not have a durable response.