Kexing Biopharm Co. Ltd. has outlined progress in its cachexia and autoimmune pipelines, built upon its Kx-Body antibody technology platform and Kx-Fusion fusion protein technology platform.
Ymmunobio AG, in collaboration with the Paul Scherrer Institute, has received an Innosuisse grant to develop innovative radioactive loaded antibodies for the treatment and diagnosis of solid tumors based on Ymmunobio’s proprietary YB-800.
Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a rare malignancy of the secretory glands with a high tendency to invade adjacent tissue and spread to the lung, bone or liver. No treatments other than surgery or radiotherapy are available, so new therapeutic strategies are urgently needed.
Neomorph Inc. has signed another billion-dollar deal to develop molecular glue degraders, this time with Abbvie Inc. It’s the third agreement in the past year the five-year-old company has signed with big pharma companies in a space with lots of collaborative deals.
Med-tech stocks experienced a turbulent year of ups and downs in 2024, as the BioWorld Med-Tech Stock Index saw lows of almost 15% and gains of nearly 5% before closing the year up 0.21%. This modest rebound follows consecutive declines of 4.44% in 2023 and a steep drop of 39.58% in 2022.
A year after its $175 million IPO in 2024, Arrivent Biopharma Inc. picked up rights to develop and commercialize Lepu Biopharma Co. Ltd.’s antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) candidate, MRG-007, worldwide excluding the greater China region.
Ohio State University has described NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) inhibitors acting as radiosensitizers for radiation therapy reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Forschungsverbund Berlin eV has divulged phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitors, particularly PI3K C2 domain-containing subunit β (PIK3C2B) inhibitors, reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, diabetes, X-linked myotubular myopathy and cardiovascular disorders.
Shanghaitech University has identified thiazolidinedione compounds acting as DNA methyltransferase 3A (DNMT3A) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia and overgrowth syndrome.
Hangzhou Healthytide Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has synthesized peptoid compounds targeting integrin α5β1 and/or integrin αvβ5 and/or αvβ6 reported to be useful for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.