Securing a second major partnership with Sanofi SA – this time worth a potential $2.56 billion – Earendil Labs will provide its AI-driven discovery platform to find new therapeutics for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Read More
Ascentage Pharma Group International has obtained IND approval from the FDA for its BTK-targeted protein degrader APG-3288. A phase I study will be conducted in patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell malignancies. Read More
Nucleome Therapeutics Ltd. has nominated NTP-464 as its first preclinical development candidate and is advancing the program toward IND-enabling studies. The first-in-class monoclonal antibody agonist for inflammation resolution has broad applicability across major chronic inflammatory diseases. Read More
Aperture Therapeutics Inc. has advanced its matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) program, APRTX-003, for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This first-in-class RNA-targeting approach program targets chronic neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration. Read More
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Loqus23 Therapeutics Ltd. has nominated LQT-23, a first-in-class allosteric oral small-molecule inhibitor of MSH3/MutSβ, as a development candidate for Huntington’s disease. Read More
Ernexa Therapeutics Inc. has successfully completed a pre-IND meeting with the FDA, setting a pathway toward submitting an IND and initiating a first-in-human trial for the treatment of ovarian cancer, expected in the second half of this year. Read More
Cansino Biologics Inc. has obtained clinical trial approval from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for the company’s 24-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine (CRM197/tetanus toxoid) (PCV24). Read More
Haisco Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has disclosed antibody-drug conjugates consisting of antibodies covalently linked to antitumor drugs through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Lysoway Therapeutics Inc. has completed IND-enabling studies for its lead TRPML1 agonist, LW-1017. A first-in-human study is planned in Australia, with dosing set to commence in May. Read More
Innatus Therapeutics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has synthesized integrin β2 regulators reported to be useful for the treatment of alopecia areata, gouty arthritis, autoimmune hepatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, peritonitis, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren’s disease and systemic lupus erythematosus, among others. Read More
Elasmogen Ltd. has identified antibody-drug conjugates comprising antibodies covalently linked to a cytotoxic drug through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. Read More
Genprex Inc. has released preliminary in vivo proof-of-concept data for GPX-002, the company’s diabetes gene therapy drug candidate, in a nonhuman primate (NHP) model of type 2 diabetes and in a mouse model of type 2 diabetes. GPX-002 is being developed for the potential long-term control of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Read More
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. has divulged tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 1A (TNFRSF1A; TNFR1; p55; CD120a) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of inflammation and neuroinflammation. Read More
Scientists at Healzen Therapeutics Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have described GTPase KRAS (G12D mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Crescent Biopharma Inc. has announced regulatory clearances of IND applications for CR-001 (SKB-118), a PD-1 x VEGF bispecific antibody, and CR-003 (SKB-105), an integrin β-6 (ITGB6)-targeted antibody drug-conjugate (ADC), both being developed for the treatment of advanced solid tumors. Read More