Gilead Sciences Inc. and Assembly Biosciences Inc. have entered into a 12-year partnership to advance the research and development of novel antiviral therapies, with an initial focus on Assembly’s established areas of herpesviruses, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis D virus (HDV).
Researchers from Biolexis Therapeutics Inc. presented the development of a potent and highly selective CDK9 inhibitor, BLX-3030, and its analogues for the treatment of N-Myc and c-Myc-driven cancers.
Y-Mabs Therapeutics Inc. has received FDA clearance of its IND application for CD38-SADA, the company’s second program within its SAYA Y-PRIT (Self-Assembly DisAssembly Pre-targeted Radioimmunotherapy) theranostic platform.
Researchers from Generate Biomedicines Inc. have detailed the discovery and preclinical characterization of GB-0669, a spike S2-targeted monoclonal antibody (MAb) being developed for the prophylaxis of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Machine learning models were used to identify MAbs targeting the conserved S2 stem helix and RBD class IV region of spike.
Bloomsbury Genetic Therapies Ltd. has announced U.S. and E.U. orphan drug designations for BGT-NPC, an investigational gene therapy for the treatment of Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC). BGT-NPC is an investigational AAV9 gene therapy designed to provide a potentially curative solution to NPC patients following a one-time injection in the cerebrospinal fluid.
Researchers from Astellas Pharma Inc. presented preclinical data for the novel small-molecule diacylglycerol kinase ζ (DGKζ) inhibitor ASP-1570, currently in phase I development for the treatment of solid tumors (NCT05083481).
Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc. has entered into a strategic collaboration and licensing agreement with F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. to discover and develop molecular glue degraders against targets in cancer and neurological diseases previously considered impossible to drug.
KRAS is a GTP-binding protein involved in cell growth control that requires post-translational farnesylation to be active. KRAS G12D mutations are mostly associated with pancreatic, colorectal and non-small-cell lung cancers and occur less commonly in other cancers. There are currently no therapies approved to specifically target this mutation.
At the IDWeek 2023 infectious disease conference held last week in Boston, fungal infections got the audience’s attention during the session titled, “The antifungal evolution: novel strategies for a changing world.” With the emergence of some resistant pathogens such Candida auris and the growing disease burden in the population at risk for life-threatening fungal infections, these pathogens are more than ever standing out within the infectious diseases arena.
New and updated preclinical data presented at the AACR-NCI-EORTC Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics conference in Boston, by: Astrazeneca, Boundless Bio, Corbus Pharmaceuticals, Fusion Pharmaceuticals, Phio Pharmaceuticals, Scorpion Therapeutics.
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