Bispecific antibodies have gotten plenty of press in recent years, but less prominent in headlines are bifunctional ones – i.e., those that boast one binding site for an antigen and another site for a non-antibody molecule such as a toxin or drug, taking aim at a single target and bringing a secondary function for extra oomph.
Work at Purdue Research Foundation has led to the identification of prodrugs of nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Patents from Oncopia Therapeutics Inc. (dba SK Life Science Labs) describe proteolysis targeting chimeric (PROTACs) compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders.
Researchers from ADT Pharmaceuticals and affiliated organizations have published preclinical data for the pan-RAS inhibitor ADT-007, being developed as an anticancer agent.
Elypta AB’s urine-based test correctly identified 90% of patients whose kidney cancer had returned, according to results from an ongoing study. The company’s metabolism-based liquid biopsy platform, which measures glycosaminoglycan biomarkers to detect cancer-specific signatures and uses algorithms to deliver clinically useful scores, could transform the lives of patients with kidney cancer.
Acrivon Therapeutics Inc. provided updated phase II data for checkpoint kinase candidate ACR-368, highlighting promising response rates for biomarker-positive patients with endometrial cancer and raising the possibility of an accelerated pathway in the second-line setting.
The three-dimensional analysis of cell types and their locations by spatial transcriptomics provides key information of their interactions within tissues or organs. Based on this technology, scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute have developed an AI tool called Nichecompass, which shows a comprehensive view of the cancer microenvironments, the different cells, their locations, and how they communicate with each other through different molecules inside the tumor.
A Bristol Myers Squibb Co. patent detailed new substituted phenyl oxooxazolyl piperidine dione molecular glue degraders acting as DNA-binding protein Ikaros (IKZF1), zinc finger protein Helios (IKZF2), Aiolos (IKZF3) and Eos (IKZF4) degradation inducers potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have jointly developed new nonsteroid selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) and radiolabeled compounds reported to be useful for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
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