Among the most profound results presented at the 2024 European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress were the 10-year data from the Checkmate-067 and Keynote-006 trials of Opdivo and Keytruda as first-line agents in advanced or metastatic melanoma in which 10-year overall survival topped 40%. The success of checkpoint blockade, however, has not extended to all tumor types, but in 2024, molecular studies have led to advances in gene therapies and a multitude of approaches that have opened the door to hope. Read More
Due to its dual role in adaptive immune responses, modulation of endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1 (ERAP1) is considered a potential strategy to both boost cancer immunotherapies or reduce self-antigen generation in the context of autoimmune diseases. Read More
Hangzhou Sino-US Huadong Medicine Co. Ltd. and Synerk Pharmatech (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. have entered into a strategic collaboration in which the two parties will jointly develop the small nucleic acid (siRNA) drug SNK-2726. Read More
The protease mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma translocation 1 (MALT1) is a signaling protein with both molecular scaffolding and protease activity involved in lymphocyte activation. MALT1 is considered a therapeutic target for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in patients who develop resistance to Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors. Read More
Hoth Therapeutics Inc. has entered into an exclusive patent license agreement with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), providing Hoth with exclusive rights to a jointly owned patent portfolio co-developed by the VA and Emory University. Read More
c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs) have been proposed as therapeutic targets in multiple pathologies, including cancer, inflammation and neuronal and metabolic diseases. SP-600125 is one of the first-generation reversible ATP-competitive inhibitors of JNK1/2/3 and has shown anticancer potential against leukemia, lung adenocarcinoma and pancreatic cancer, among others. Read More
AM Sciences Inc. has reported compounds acting as lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1 (LPAR1; EDG2) antagonists described as potentially useful for the treatment of fibrosis. Read More
Biomea Fusion Inc. has prepared new fused pyrimidine compounds acting as menin (MEN1)/KMT2A (MLL) interaction inhibitors. They are reported to be potentially useful for the treatment of cancer, osteoporosis, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, type 1 and 2 diabetes. Read More
Prostatic-specific antigen (PSA) is commonly used as a screening tool for prostate cancer but presents limited sensitivity and specificity. Therefore, research efforts are focused on searching for novel noninvasive diagnostic biomarkers. Read More
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC has patented new 5,6 saturated bicyclic heterocyles acting as NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of atherosclerosis, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), neuroinflammation, inflammatory skin, inflammatory joint and autoimmune disease, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, among others. Read More
Spiromacrocyclic compounds acting as orexin OX2 receptor agonists have been described in an H. Lundbeck A/S patent and reported to be useful for the treatment of type 1 and type 2 narcolepsy. Read More
Bristol Myers Squibb Co. has identified new substituted oxazolone protein-nucleic acid degraders acting as DNA-binding protein Ikaros (IKZF1) and zinc finger protein Helios (IKZF2), Aiolos (IKZF3) and Eos (IKZF4) degradation inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
