Ipsen SA has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Simcere Zaiming Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. for global rights outside of Greater China for SIM-0613, an LRRC15-targeting antibody-drug conjugate developed by Simcere Zaiming for solid tumors. The program is expected to enter phase I development in the second half of next year.
Mondego Bio Lda has selected protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 2 (PTPN2) inhibitor ZE00-0388 as its lead clinical candidate. The company is targeting initiation of a first-in-human phase I study in the first half of next year.
Small molecules that induce iron-dependent oxidative cell death known as ferroptosis can be effective against tumors that are resistant to other therapies. Several such molecules, such as RSL3, work by inhibiting glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4), an enzyme that mitigates oxidative stress and on which metastatic cancer cells depend in order to undergo the epithelial-mesenchymal transition.
In 2025, science saw its breakthroughs, which BioWorld will be covering as part of our end-of-the-year wrap-up. But the biggest science story of 2025 is not about any scientific advance. It is the politicized destruction of U.S. science, and the dismantling of a scientific ecosystem that has been the envy of the world since it emerged after Germany destroyed its own pre-eminence in the 1930s.
Ehrlich Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has described antibody-drug conjugates comprising an antibody targeting EGFR (HER1; erbB1) covalently linked to a camptothecin derivative through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Haisco Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has identified interleukin-17A (IL-17A) production inhibitors with reduced toxic and side effects reported to be useful for the treatment of arthritis, multiple sclerosis and psoriasis.
Aché Laboratórios Farmacêuticos SA has synthesized compounds acting as β2-adrenoceptor (ADRB2) agonists and muscarinic M3 receptor antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and rhinitis.
Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has disclosed RAC-α serine/threonine-protein kinase (AKT1; PKB α) (Glu17Lys mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of leukemia.
Using C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) antagonists as cell mobilization agents has resulted in some FDA approved agents, such as Plerixafor, for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and neutropenia. Oral cell mobilizers could result in using them in conditions such as sickle-cell disease (SCD) and chronic neutropenia. Emory University has developed and presented data for their CXCR4 antagonist EMU-116.
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