Researchers have used explainable artificial intelligence (explainable AI) to find structurally new antibiotics with minimal toxicity. They reported their findings online in Nature on Dec. 20, 2023. In animal testing, compounds identified via the method showed that they had activity against drug-resistant gram-positive bacteria including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), one of the most serious bacterial public health threats. Read More
It is known that CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapy is useful in the treatment of large B-cell lymphoma, but about 60% of patients relapse after treatment, and about 30% of these are CD19-negative patients with poor survival. Sana Biotechnology Inc. is developing a hypoimmune CD22-directed CAR T-cell therapy, named SC-262, for the potential treatment of large B-cell lymphoma. Read More
Limmatech Biologics AG and Abvacc Inc. have entered into a license agreement that grants Limmatech the exclusive rights to further develop Abvacc’s multivalent toxoid vaccine candidate, LBT-SA7 (formerly IBT-V02), designed to prevent infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus.
Poolbeg Pharma plc has reported promising outputs from its lab-based analysis of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) drug targets and treatments identified as part of the company’s artificial intelligence (AI)-led program. Read More
Researchers from Hebei Medical University and affiliated organizations have discovered new folate receptor (FR)-targeted fluorescent probes for tumor detection. Read More
Gilead Sciences Inc. has signed an agreement with Compugen Ltd. to exclusively license Compugen’s preclinical antibody program against IL-18 binding protein, including the COM-503 drug candidate. COM-503 is a high affinity antibody which blocks the interaction between IL-18 binding protein and IL-18, thereby inhibiting cancer growth. Read More
Innovstone Therapeutics Ltd. has synthesized aromatic heterocyclic compounds acting as leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2; Dardarin) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Read More
Researchers from Cogent Biosciences Inc. have reported the discovery and preclinical characterization of CGT-4255, a novel EGFR-sparing, ErbB2 inhibitor with activity against oncogenic ErbB2 mutations. Read More
JCR Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has signed a research collaboration, option and license agreement with Alexion, Astrazeneca Rare Disease, part of Astrazeneca plc, for the development of novel oligonucleotide therapeutics with targeted delivery to certain tissues or organs using J-Brain Cargo, JCR’s proprietary blood-brain barrier-penetrating technology. Read More
Researchers at Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College have disclosed pyrrolopyrimidine compounds acting as Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, lymphoma, primary central nervous system, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and rheumatoid arthritis. Read More
Synnovation Therapeutics Inc. has synthesized phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase α (PI3Kα) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, congenital lipomatous overgrowth, vascular malformations, epidermal naevi and skeletal abnormalities and PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum (PROS). Read More
Inxmed Co. Ltd. has licensed Escugen’s Ezwi-Fit linker-payload platform for use in the development of next-generation tumor-associated antigen (TAA)-targeting antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). Read More
Researchers at Daegu-Gyeongbuk Medical Innovation Foundation and Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology have identified acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of liver cancer. Read More
NZP UK Ltd. has divulged 3-azasteroid compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, acute radiation syndrome and neurodegenerative disorders. Read More
Replay Holdings LLC has entered into an exclusive, worldwide license agreement with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for intellectual property related to a library of T-cell receptors (TCRs) directed against multiple cancer neoantigens. Read More
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