In vaccine development, one might think that targeting multiple epitopes increases the likelihood of improving outcomes. However, when several immunogens are administered together, the immune system does not always generate antibodies against all of them. Two parallel studies have overcome this challenge by using multiple simultaneous immunogens against HIV, effectively triggering various types of broadly neutralizing antibody (bnAb) precursors in two different preclinical animal models. Read More
Dianthus Therapeutics Inc. has joined the recent trend of companies licensing therapies in development from China. The company will pay as much as $1 billion to Nanjing Leads Biolabs Co. Ltd. for DNTH-212, a bifunctional BDCA2 and BAFF/APRIL inhibitor to treat autoimmune disorders. Read More
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Researchers from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and collaborating institutions in the U.S. have developed a novel approach using allergen-encoding mRNA encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) for both therapy and prevention of allergic responses. Read More
McMaster University has synthesized radiolabeled-drug conjugates comprising a glutamate carboxypeptidase 2 (FOLH1; NAALAD1; PSMA)-targeting moiety covalently linked to a DNA intercalating agent through a radiolabeling moiety reported to be useful for diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Read More
Janssen Pharmaceutica NV has identified interleukin-17A (IL-17A)/IL-17 receptor A (IL-17RA) interaction inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (ankylosing spondylitis), multiple sclerosis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, atopic dermatitis and systemic lupus erythematosus, among others. Read More
Inhibiting human monoamine oxidase (MAO)-B to increase the availability of monoamine neurotransmitters is a clinically approved strategy for treating Parkinson’s disease, yet available inhibitors lack efficacy or increase risk of adverse events. Researchers at Hefei University of Technology and collaborators started from the clinically improved MAO-B inhibitor safinamide and generated various derivatives, among which [I] and [II] emerged as the most promising. Read More
Moonlight Therapeutics Inc.’s IND application for MOON-101 has been cleared by the FDA, paving the way for a first clinical trial in adults and children with peanut allergy. Read More
Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd. has divulged quinazoline compounds acting as microsomal prostaglandin E2 synthase-1 (mPGES-1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome, psoriasis, arthritis, bacterial infection, systemic lupus erythematosus, pancreatitis, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, among others. Read More
Carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) is overexpressed in the hypoxic tumor environment and is thought to help drive tumor progression and metastasis by generating protons that acidify the area. Therefore, inhibiting the enzyme may be effective as an anticancer treatment. Read More
Beijing Fuyuan Medicine Co. Ltd. has described compounds acting as monocarboxylate transporter 4 (MCT4) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Read More
