Evotec SE has announced scientific progress within its neuroscience collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb Co., with a target-based program now advancing into late preclinical development. This milestone triggers a research payment of $20 million to Evotec.
The therapeutic response of approved KRAS inhibitors is not always durable and patients develop resistance frequently. To enhance this durability, the search for KRAS inhibitors in combination with drugs that target downstream or upstream components of RAS is crucial.
At last week’s EASL meeting, Janssen Pharmaceutica NV disclosed the discovery and preclinical evaluation of a novel pan-genotypic hepatitis E virus (HEV) replication inhibitor, JNJ-64779117 (JNJ-9117).
SA-012 is an N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) conjugated silencing RNA (siRNA) that targets the mRNA of the PD-L1 gene and is being developed by Suzhou Siran Biotechnology Co. Ltd. for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B (CHB).
Haisco Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has presented hydroxyacid oxidase 1 (HAOX1; HAO1) inhibitors reported to be useful or the treatment of primary hyperoxaluria type 1 and kidney stones.
Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd. has patented discoidin domain-containing receptor 1 (DDR1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, diabetic nephropathy, hepatic and pulmonary fibrosis, myelofibrosis, nephritis, osteoarthritis and chronic renal failure.
Wigen Biomedicine Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has synthesized phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase α (PI3Kα) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Humanwell Healthcare (Group) Co. Ltd. has described sodium channel protein type 10 subunit α (SCN10A; Nav1.8) blockers reported to be useful for the treatment of pain.