Epilepsygtx Ltd. has raised a $33 million series A to fund a phase I/IIa trial of EPY-201, a gene therapy for treating drug-resistant focal epilepsy. EPY-201 uses an adeno-associated viral vector to deliver KCNA1, the gene encoding Kv1.1, a potassium ion channel that modulates neuronal excitability. Read More
Investigators at the Netherlands Hubrecht Institute have developed a novel gut organoid model, and used it to gain insight into the functions on human microfold (M) cells. Their experiments, which were published in the Dec. 10, 2025, issue of Nature, showed that M cells present gluten-derived antigens to T cells, which suggests a role for this cell type in the onset of celiac disease. Read More
Amphista Therapeutics Ltd. has developed and presented data for AMX-883, a novel orally bioavailable bromodomain-containing protein 9 (BRD9) degradation inducer for acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
treatment. Read More
Hangzhou Zhongmei Huadong Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has disclosed antibody-drug conjugates consisting of antibodies covalently linked to a cytotoxic drug through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Researchers from the Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II and collaborators described the antibacterial activity of N-19004, an antagonist of formyl peptide receptor 1 (FPR1). Read More
Researchers from Neumirna Therapeutics ApS have presented an anti-miR-134 ASO approach named NMT.001 for the potential treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy. Read More
Zealand Pharma A/S and OTR Therapeutics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. have signed a multi-program strategic collaboration and license agreement to discover and develop novel therapeutics for metabolic diseases. Read More
Meta Pharmaceutical (HK) Ltd. and Shenzhen Moyuan Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. have synthesized lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of primary hyperoxaluria. Read More
Chengdu Kangnuoxing Biopharma Inc. and Keymed Biosciences Co. Ltd. have identified antibody-drug conjugates comprising antibodies targeting carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 5 (CEACAM5; CEA; CD66e) covalently linked to a cytotoxic drug through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Molecules that specifically bind to tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) are crucial for the diagnosis and therapy of cancer. In a recent publication in Molecular Therapy: Oncology, researchers from Université de Nantes presented a novel tailored-made affitin for targeting human mesothelin (hMSLN), which is a TAA overexpressed in many solid cancers and targeted by several experimental drugs. Read More
Shanghai Best-Link Bioscience LLC has described polymer-drug conjugates comprising a polymer covalently linked to a cytotoxic drug through a linker and its nanoparticles reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Many cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection can be effectively treated with existing drugs, but they can lose efficacy over time because of the emergence of resistance. In an effort to generate next-generation drugs, Chinese researchers at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and other institutions synthesized a series of peptidomimetics against the viral protease, in which they extended the therapeutically effective hydroxyethyl sulfonamide scaffold using an amino acid linker. They reasoned that the linker could allow the drug to make additional contacts with the protease. Read More
