Ernexa Therapeutics Inc. is advancing its lead program, ERNA-101, toward an IND submission in the third quarter of this year and the initiation of a first-in-human trial in the fourth quarter for the treatment of platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.
At the World Vaccine Congress this week, Longhorn Vaccines & Diagnostics LLC presented the preclinical characterization of LHNVD-501, a half-life-extended, humanized IgG monoclonal antibody (mAb) targeting peptidoglycan (PGN). PGN is a conserved structural component shared across bacterial species and an upstream driver of sepsis, as well as metabolic disease, autoimmune disorders and neurodegeneration.
Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co. Ltd. has received the approval from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to initiate a clinical trial of FXB-0871 (TEV-56278) for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors.
A new pan-cancer study has uncovered a shared vulnerability across multiple aggressive cancers and sheds light on the role that BRCA1-associated protein 1 (BAP1) plays in recognizing DNA damage. Researchers from Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) Medical School in Singapore discovered that the loss of BAP1 – a mutation found in mesothelioma, cholangiocarcinoma, renal cell carcinoma and uveal melanoma – creates a specific defect in how cancer cells recognize and repair DNA damage.
Shanghai Meiyue Biotech Development Co. Ltd. has disclosed new molecular glue degraders comprising an E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase binding agents coupled to proto-oncogene Vav (VAV1) acting as VAV1 degradation inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular, renal, metabolic, inflammatory and neurological disorders.
Changchun Genescience Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has prepared and tested new steroid compounds acting as estradiol 17-β-dehydrogenase 1 (HSD17B1; 17β-HSD1) inhibitors that are potentially useful for the treatment of endometriosis.
Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has discovered new tricyclic compounds acting as cyclin-dependent kinase 12 (CDK12)/cyclin k inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Researchers from Hangzhou Innogate Pharma Co. Ltd. and Innorace Biopharma Co. Ltd. have identified new cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (MB21D1; cGAS) inhibitors that are potentially useful for the treatment of Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and more.
Ring finger protein 4 (RNF4) is a SUMO-targeted ubiquitin ligase that modulates proteins involved in cancer progression. Researchers from Chongqing Medical University and collaborators reported the development and preclinical characterization of [I], the first RNF4-targeting PROTAC degrader for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).