Ensho Therapeutics Inc. launched in July after licensing a pipeline of four oral α4β7 inhibitors for inflammatory and gastrointestinal disorders, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), from EA Pharma Co. Ltd. “Millions of people worldwide are living with IBD,” Ensho founder, president and executive chair Neena Bitritto-Garg recently told BioWorld, “and while there are a number of approved medications to address the symptoms of IBD, it remains a difficult-to-treat disease with high relapse rates for a considerable proportion of patients.” Read More
Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University presented data from a study that aimed to assess the role of long intergenic non-protein coding RNA 1605 (LINC01605) in the progression of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Read More
Montara Therapeutics Inc. has received $8 million seed financing from several investors to further its development of its ’binary pharmacology’ for diseases of the brain. Read More
Intellia Therapeutics Inc. has received clearance from the U.K. Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to initiate a phase I/II study of NTLA-3001 for the treatment of α1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD)-associated lung disease. Read More
Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc. has identified C3 convertase inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, obesity, infections, neurological disorders, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders, age-related macular degeneration and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), among others. Read More
Researchers from the Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University and Shaoxing People's Hospital presented preclinical data for the signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) inhibitor STX-0119, which has been previously validated in models of cancer. Read More
From no hope to viable treatments, BioWorld is there to cover the breakthroughs in medicine. Listen to Randy Osborne explain why the BioWorld team is ‘always on the lookout for what's next.’ Read More
Researchers from University of Washington presented the discovery of novel bumped kinase inhibitor (BKI) derived compound (BKIDC), BKIDC-1553, being developed for the treatment of prostate cancer. Read More
Recombination Therapeutics LLC and Thomas Jefferson University have synthesized DNA polymerase θ (POLQ) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Forward Therapeutics Inc. has disclosed TNF-α production inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of inflammation and autoimmune disorders. Read More
Investigators at the University of Edinburgh have identified a genomic location linked to sensitivity to gabapentin in individuals with idiopathic chronic pelvic pain. Read More
Kodiak Sciences Inc. has described NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration, choroidal neovascularization, diabetic macular edema, dry eye, glaucoma, bacterial keratitis, retinitis and uveitis, among others. Read More
