In the 1970s, scientists from several countries proposed to reconstruct, one by one, all the neurons in the brain as they appear under an electron microscope. They started with a small worm. Caenorhabditis elegans has only 302 neurons. It took 16 years. How much time would be required to repeat this arduous task for the 100 billion neurons in the human brain? Read More
In a deal worth $100 million up front and up to $1.25 billion in milestone payments, Bioarctic AB licensed its pyroglutamate-amyloid-β (pyroglutamate-Aβ) antibody program to Bristol Myers Squibb Co. to advance treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. Read More
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. has received clearance from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to conduct clinical trials of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) SYS-6005 and SYS-6043. Read More
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.
DM Intelligence Medicine Ltd. has disclosed leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2; dardarin), LRRK2 (G2019S mutant) and/or EGFR (HER1; erbB1 mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, neurological and immunological disorders. Read More
Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. has been awarded an additional $7.3 million from CARB-X (Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator) to support the progression of the company’s novel antibiotic candidate, BAL-2420. Read More
Beigene Co. Ltd. has presented data on a CDK4 selective inhibitor, BGB-43395, for the potential treatment of this cancer type and which would reduce the neutropenia associated with CDK6 inhibition. Read More
Ryvu Therapeutics SA has synthesized protein arginine N-methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Radiopharm Theranostics Ltd. has been granted Belberry Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) approval in Australia to initiate a first-in-human phase I therapeutic study of 177Lu-labeled RAD-202 (177Lu-RAD-202) for the treatment of HER2-expressing solid tumors, including breast and gastric cancers. Read More
Solve Therapeutics Inc. has identified antibody-drug conjugates comprising an UC-961 antibody or a tyrosine-protein kinase transmembrane receptor ROR2 (ROR2)-targeting antibody covalently linked to exatecan through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals LLC has divulged eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-α kinase 3 (PERK) and/or GCN2 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and amyloidosis. Read More
Researchers from Nanjing University and Peking University presented the discovery and preclinical characterization of novel NLRP3 inhibitors as potential therapeutic candidates for the treatment of gout. Read More
Differentiated thyroid cancers (DTC) and anaplastic thyroid cancers (ATC) often develop primary and acquired resistance to standard treatments. This highlights the need for new therapeutic strategies to treat these thyroid tumors. Previous research observed that the pyrimidine ring of the 2,4-diaminopyrimidine moiety could often form critical hydrogen bonds with kinases, leading to strong inhibitory activity. Read More
Biopolar Hongye (Nantong) Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. has described proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase cereblon (CRBN) binding moiety covalently linked to a Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) binding moiety reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Read More
Cstone Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has filed a clinical trial application in Australia seeking to initiate a first-in-human study of CS-2009 for solid tumors. The company plans to initiate a multi-regional trial for CS-2009 in Australia early next year, followed by expansion into China and the U.S. Read More
