Enara Bio Ltd. is staking a claim to having validated the first in a new class of tumor antigens derived from unannotated regions of the dark genome, describing its findings in talks and posters being presented at the Society of Immunotherapy in Cancer (SITC) meeting in National Harbor, Md., Nov. 5-9, 2025. Read More
Blocking progesterone receptor (PR) activity has long been viewed as a possible approach to breast cancer prevention. Historically, most supporting evidence came from animal models, epidemiological studies or mechanistic pathway analyses. Now, a team at the University of Manchester has uncovered direct mechanistic and clinical evidence that PR antagonists can reprogram the breast tissue microenvironment, suggesting a novel avenue for reducing breast cancer risk in women. Read More
Mwyngil Therapeutics Inc. has in-licensed several lead GPR75 modulator molecules and a proprietary cell-surface discovery platform from Expert Systems Inc. Read More
A quarterly dynamic table featuring new molecular entities (NMEs) revealed for the first time in current literature, at congresses and in company communications during the quarter. Read More
Editor Annette Boyle discusses the challenges med-tech companies face in bringing innovation to market and how the industry can overcome them. Read More
Bivision Pharmaceuticals (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has disclosed peptide-drug conjugates reported to be useful for diagnosis and treatment of fibrosarcoma. Read More
Simcere Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has synthesized proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising E3 ubiquitin-protein ligands coupled to a signal transducer and activator of transcription 6 (STAT6)-targeting moiety via a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory disorders. Read More
Chengdu Zeling Biomedical Technology Co. Ltd. has identified salts of deuterated compounds acting as poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1; ARTD1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) carrying topoisomerase I (TOP1) inhibitors, such as trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd), have achieved notable clinical success in HER2-positive and HER2-low cancers, but their broader application is challenged by payload-related safety issues and emerging resistance. Read More
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences has divulged imidazopyridine derivatives reported to be useful for the treatment of Acinetobacter infections, particularly A. baumannii infections. Read More
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder affecting around 90,000 people worldwide. It is commonly caused by the ΔF508 mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, which results in a misfolded CFTR protein that is subsequently ubiquitinated and degraded. Read More
Staphylococcus aureus is a gram-positive bacterium that is ubiquitous on human skin and normally does not cause problems, but when it enters the body, it can cause serious infections. The growing prevalence of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) highlights the need for next-generation antibiotics against it. Read More
Zhongshan Innovation New Drug Development Co. Ltd. has described conjugates comprising a chelating ligand moiety, a fibroblast activation protein α (FAP) ligand and integrin αvβ3 or integrin αvβ6 ligand and a linker. They are reported to be potentially useful for the diagnosis and/or treatment of cancer. Read More
