Analysis of the immune signatures of blood samples from patients with early-stage multiple sclerosis (MS) who were treatment naive has identified three distinct subtypes that have different disease trajectories and which respond differently to therapy. Read More
Researchers presented the development of a translational pharmacokinetic (PK)/receptor occupancy (RO) model of the tetravalent bispecific antibody (bsAb) CTX-8371 (Compass Therapeutics LLC) with the aim of investigating the possible effects of tetravalency compared to bivalency on RO and target internalization. Read More
Asha Therapeutics LLC has nominated a development candidate, ASHA-624, as a potential disease-modifying therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with additional indications in chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, glaucoma, and traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries. ASHA-624 is expected to enter the clinic by year-end. Read More
Because of increasing resistance to current antimalarial drugs, new agents with novel mechanisms of action are needed. Plasmepsins are a family of 10 Plasmodium falciparum aspartic proteases (PMI to PMX), among which plasmepsins IX and X (PMIX and PMX) have been identified as potential targets due to their involvement in egress, invasion and parasite development. Read More
Turbine Ltd. and Harmonic Discovery Inc. have entered into a collaboration to co-develop novel cancer therapies that will inhibit a dark kinase target (NEK1) identified for cancer dependency. Read More
Researchers at Jinan Chengcheng Biotechnology Co. Ltd. and Shandong University have disclosed compounds acting as hypoxia-inducible factor 2-α (HIF-2α; EPAS1) activators and vaccine adjuvant reported to be useful for the treatment of stroke, hypertension, chronic kidney disease and more. Read More
Context Therapeutics Inc. has submitted an IND application to the FDA to begin a first-in-human phase I study of CTIM-76 in patients with claudin 6 (CLDN6)-positive gynecologic and testicular cancers. Read More
Shanghai Qilu Pharmaceutical Research and Development Centre Ltd. has synthesized ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 1 (USP1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, inflammatory disorders and neurodegeneration. Read More
Grafton Therapeutics Sarl has identified halogenated somatostatin analogues acting as somatostatin SST2 receptor and/or SST5 receptor agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Tango Therapeutics Inc. has disclosed the discovery of TNG-348, an orally active, potent, reversible allosteric inhibitor of the USP1 deubiquitinating enzyme. Read More
Nectin Therapeutics Ltd. has divulged antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) comprising a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting poliovirus receptors (PVR; CD155) linked to a cytotoxic drug through a linker. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Dizal (Jiangsu) Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has described EGFR (HER1; erbB1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disease. Read More
Researchers from West China Hospital of Sichuan University announced the discovery of homo sapiens caseinolytic protease P (HsClpP) agonists as new small-molecule candidates for the treatment of colorectal cancer. Read More
