A paper from Shenzhen University and affiliated organizations covers the discovery of a novel bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4)-specific proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC).
Signet Therapeutics Co. Ltd. has divulged α, β-unsaturated amide compounds acting as transcriptional enhancer factor (TEAD) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Scientists at Livzon Pharmaceutical Group Inc., Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry and the University of Michigan have identified proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase binding moiety covalently bound to a cyclin-dependent kinase 12 (CDK12) and 13 (CDK13) targeting moiety through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
The Nov. 20-21 meeting of the digital health advisory committee will discuss the use of generative artificial intelligence algorithms in medical devices with a focus on the total product life cycle – a theme that suggests a concern on the agency’s part regarding the reliability of these algorithms’ output.
OS Therapies Inc. has announced the development and in vitro concept data for two novel tunable antibody-drug conjugate (tADC) therapeutic candidates leveraging the company’s proprietary Silinker technology.
Metastatic solid tumors may be curable now. Among the most profound results presented over the weekend at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2024 Congress were the 10-year data from the Checkmate-067 and Keynote-006 trials, the phase III trials that tested Opdivo (nivolumab, Bristol Myers Squibb Co.) and Keytruda (pembrolizumab, Merck & Co. Inc.) as first-line agents in advanced or metastatic melanoma.
The newest data show increased survival times for heavily pretreated patients receiving Briacell Therapeutics Corp.’s breast cancer treatment. The company’s phase II results produced positive overall survival data using the cell-based immunotherapy Bria-IMT to treat late-stage metastatic breast cancer.
With positive first-in-human findings on board, Relay Therapeutics Inc. plans a pivotal study next year to test RLY-2608, an allosteric, pan-mutant and isoform-selective inhibitor of PI3K alpha in breast cancer. During a conference call on the data, TD Cowen analyst Yaron Werber noted that “next year’s going to be a pretty busy year for you. How fast can you start the phase III? Is there any way to pull it into the first half of the year as opposed to the second half?” CEO Sanjiv Patel said the company is “moving as fast as we possibly can,” and an update will be provided once a sit-down with regulators is finished.
Pinotbio Inc. has synthesized antibody-drug conjugates comprising an antibody covalently linked to DNA topoisomerase I inhibitors through a cleavable linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
