Eli Lilly and Co. is acquiring Ajax Therapeutics Inc. for up to $2.3 billion in cash, gaining access to next-generation JAK inhibitors for patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms.
Eilean Therapeutics LLC has presented data for ZE74-0282, a novel small molecule that targets the JAK2 JH2 domain harboring the V617F mutation with no impact on wild-type JAK2.
JAK2 inhibitors (JAK2i) are the standard treatment for myelofibrosis (MF), offering symptom relief and reducing spleen size. However, all FDA-approved JAK2i are type I inhibitors, which fail to eliminate the mutant MPN clone, leading many patients to treatment discontinuation.
Eilean Therapeutics LLC has announced it is advancing ZE74-0282 into first-in-human development, with the submission of an IND application and enrollment planned to begin in the first quarter of next year.
Prelude Therapeutics Inc. has synthesized tyrosine-protein kinase JAK2 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, myelofibrosis, essential thrombocythemia and graft-vs.-host disease.
The FDA has granted orphan drug designation to Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s VGT-1849B, a selective peptide nucleic acid-based JAK2 inhibitor for the treatment of polycythemia vera (PV).
Henan Medinno Pharmaceutical Technology Co. Ltd. has identified deuterated non-receptor tyrosine-protein kinase TYK2 and tyrosine-protein kinase JAK1, JAK2 and JAK3 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of allergy, asthma, cancer, dermatological disorders, diabetes, eye disorders, neurodegeneration and transplant rejection, among others.
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s VGT-1849A, a selective antisense oligonucleotide (ASO)-based JAK2 inhibitor, has been awarded orphan drug designation by the FDA for the treatment of polycythemia vera.
Incyte Corp. has identified tyrosine-protein kinase JAK2 (V617F mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, hypereosinophilic syndrome, systemic mastocytosis and essential thrombocythemia, among others.
