Cancer treatment developer Apollomics Inc. merged with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Maxpro Capital Acquisition Corp., gaining a listing on Nasdaq under the ticker APLM and raising $23.65 million of private investment in public equity (PIPE).
Two molecules that affected the cell cycle only of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells could be used as a clinical strategy against this pathology. Scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Harvard University have discovered that DEG-35 and DEG-77 arrested the cell cycle and promoted cell differentiation and apoptosis in these cells.
If clinical efforts pan out, gamma delta T-cell specialist TC Biopharm plc could plant the space’s first U.S. regulatory flag. Founded 10 years ago, the Glasgow, U.K.-based firm is marching ahead with phase IIb work testing main asset Omnimmune, an allogeneic unmodified cell therapy, in acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
The other shoe dropped in a good way for backers of Actinium Pharmaceuticals Inc. as the firm popped the lid off full data from the phase III study called Sierra testing Iomab-B in patients age 55 and older with active relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (r/r AML). Antibody radiation conjugate (ARC) Iomab-B met the primary endpoint of durable complete remission of six months following initial complete remission after bone-marrow transplant with a high degree of statistical significance.
Nanchang Helioeast Technology Co. Ltd. has patented oxa-spirocyclic compounds acting as lysine-specific histone demethylase 1A (KDM1A; LSD1) inhibitors and reported to be useful for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia.
The alpha chain of the IL-3 receptor, CD123, is frequently overexpressed in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and is considered an attractive target in the treatment of this disease. However, cytotoxic antibodies or T-cell engagers targeting CD123 have shown insufficient clinical efficacy or safety, confirming the need for alternative targeted approaches.