An experimental tuberculosis (TB) vaccine with a dual mission – self-destruction after inducing immunity – improved the design of the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy, a vaccine also used against cancer. Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh engineered this strain with a double break, which is effective and safer after an intravenous administration, according to their results in nonhuman primates and mice. Read More
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a leading cause of disability worldwide and unfortunately no treatment without side effects is available. Previous reports have found unbalanced glutamate-glutamine cycle in the medial prefrontal cortex of mice with depression, which led to the interest in glutamine synthetase as a potential therapeutic target for treating MDD, since this enzyme is a regulator of this cycle. Read More
Pulsesight Therapeutics SAS has submitted a clinical trial authorization (CTA) to the French authority ANSM seeking to conduct a first-in-human phase I trial of PST-611 for dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD)/geographic atrophy (GA). Read More
Rappta Therapeutics Oy has signed an exclusive global license agreement with Springworks Therapeutics Inc. for RPT-04402, a first-in-class molecular glue of specific protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) complexes. Springworks will be responsible for global development and commercialization of RPT-04402, now named SW-3431, and expects to file an IND application by year-end. Read More
Scientists at Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) have reported a novel multitarget-directed ligand (MTDL) targeting butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) with potential for development as an antioxidant and metal-chelating agent for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Read More
BioWorld’s staff recaps the therapeutic trends and breakthroughs of 2024, the economic highs and lows facing the industry throughout the past year and the regulatory actions that are likely to have implications as biopharma forges ahead in 2025. Read More
BioWorld MedTech’s staff recaps the med-tech and diagnostic trends and breakthroughs of 2024, the financing trends of the past year and the regulatory actions likely to affect med-tech into 2025. Read More
In a recently published article, researchers from the University of Central Florida and collaborators reported developing a novel multiorgan microphysiological system (MPS) to simulate acute opioid overdose and recovery, addressing key challenges in opioid crisis research. Read More
Astrazeneca AB patents describe new proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising a cereblon (CRBN) E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety covalently linked to probable global transcription activator SNF2L2 (SMARCA2; BAF190B; SNF2-α)-targeting moiety reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Quanta Therapeutics Inc. has identified new pyrimidine-based GTPase KRAS G12D and G12V mutant inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Ips Heart Inc. has been awarded orphan drug designation by the FDA for its GIVI-MPC stem cell therapy for Becker muscular dystrophy. GIVI-MPC has the unique ability to create new muscle with full length dystrophin in Becker muscular dystrophy. Read More
Humanwell Healthcare (Group) Co. Ltd. has developed new heterocyclic compounds acting as angiotensin AT2 receptor antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of neuropathy and neuropathic pain. Read More
The standard treatment for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) is Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG). However, despite it being effective, many patients experience recurrences, and others become unresponsive. The activation of the intracellular transmembrane receptor stimulator of interferon genes (STING) has shown antitumoral effects in murine cancer models. Read More
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals LLC has patented new serine/threonine-protein kinase B-raf (BRAF) and/or RAF proto-oncogene serine/threonine-protein kinase (RAF1; c-Raf) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
