Nutshell Therapeutics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has received IND clearance from the FDA to initiate a phase I trial in the U.S. with NTS-071 for anticipated use in solid tumors with a p53 Y220C mutation. The trial is expected to begin in the second half of this year.

Unravel Biosciences Inc. has submitted clinical study applications in Colombia seeking to begin proof-of-concept clinical trials for RVL-001 for Rett syndrome and Pitt-Hopkins syndrome.

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The EMA has granted European orphan drug designation to Purespring Therapeutics Ltd.’s PS-002 for IgA nephropathy (IgAN).

Innorna Co. Ltd.’s investigational mRNA therapy, IN-013, has been awarded orphan drug and rare pediatric disease designations by the FDA for the treatment of Wilson disease.

Blackfinbio Ltd. has obtained IND clearance from the FDA for its novel AAV gene therapy, BFB-101, for hereditary spastic paraplegia type 47 (SPG47), which is caused by changes in the AP4B1 gene. A phase I/II trial will be conducted in the U.S. at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Rona Therapeutics Co. Ltd. has obtained IND clearance from China′s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for RN-1871, a small interfering RNA (siRNA) drug targeting angiotensinogen (AGT) for hypertension.

Onward Therapeutics SA’s subsidiary Emercell SAS has received investigational medicinal product dossier (IMPD) approval from the EMA to initiate a phase I trial of OT-C001, an allogeneic natural killer (NK) cell therapy, in combination with an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, rituximab.