The human pancreas often contains lesions that are common in the population and that, although they can become malignant, usually do not. To understand when this occurs and how these pancreatic cancer precursor lesions, known as pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasias (PanIN), evolve, scientists at the University of Michigan analyzed their gene expression patterns and their cellular microenvironment. Read More
On the heels of the multibillion-dollar licensing deal between Bristol Myers Squibb Co. and Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd., Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI), of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urging him to add biotechnology as a prohibited technology under the Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security (COINS) Act of 2025. Read More
Innovent Biologics Inc. and Pfizer Inc. have entered into a strategic global licensing and collaboration agreement for the research and development of 12 new breakthrough early-stage and de novo cancer medicines. Read More
Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy has shown success in the treatment of liver cancer and may reverse immune tolerance in chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Aligos Therapeutics Inc. has presented preclinical data on the characterization of ALG-093940, a small molecule PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor that induces PD-L1 dimerization and degradation. Read More
Zhize Tongkang (Guangzhou) Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has divulged new antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) comprising monoclonal antibodies targeting claudin 6 (CLDN6) linked to a camptothecin derivative potentially useful for the treatment of cancer and fibrosis. Read More
The FDA has accepted the IND application from Rest Therapeutics SAS for RST-101, the company’s lead investigational candidate for the early treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Read More
Shanghai Kezhou Drug Development Co. Ltd. has patented new heterocyclic GTPase KRAS mutant inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Synnovation Therapeutics Inc. has discovered new proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin-protein ligases binding moiety coupled to nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NFE2L2; NRF2)-targeting moiety potentially useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3 (PFIC3) is a genetic liver disorder caused by mutations in the ABCB4 gene encoding multidrug resistance protein 3 (MCP3) in humans, a biliary phospholipid transporter. Rectify Pharmaceuticals Inc. has developed the novel compound RTY-694, a dual-acting MDR3/BSEP positive modulator that increased the protein function of both MDR3 and BSEP. Read More
A University of California patent describes new poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1; ARTD1), DNA repair and serine/threonine-protein kinase ATR inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Norroy Bioscience Co. Ltd. has prepared and tested peptide-drug conjugates comprising a fibroblast activation protein α (FAP)-targeting moiety linked to a radionuclide-labeled metal chelating agent for use as positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agents in the diagnosis and/or treatment of cancer. Read More
Currently available treatments for chronic hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection rarely result in a cure after a defined treatment period. Researchers from Aligos Therapeutics Inc. hypothesized that antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) targeting HDV RNAs may inhibit intracellular HDV RNA amplification. Read More
