Trex Bio Inc. has closed an oversubscribed $84 million series B financing round to support development of its pipeline of novel therapies that modulate the immune system to restore human tissue immune homeostasis.
Genosco Inc. has divulged Rho-associated protein kinase 2 (ROCK2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of fibrosis, cancer, cardiovascular and inflammatory disorders.
Eli Lilly and Co.’s chief scientific officer, Daniel Skovronsky, called peresolimab, the PD-1 agonist previously in the works by the firm for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a “really interesting mechanism” – but not interesting enough.
Shanghai Yidi Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has patented dihydrothienopyrimidine compounds acting as phosphodiesterase PDE4B2 and/or PDE4D2 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of autoimmune, metabolic diseases, neurological and inflammatory disorders.
Hifibio Therapeutics Inc. has gained IND clearance from the FDA for HFB-200604, a potentially best-in-class BTLA agonist monoclonal antibody for inflammatory and immunology diseases.
Biogen Inc. has identified non-receptor tyrosine-protein kinase TYK2 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune disease, cardiovascular disorders, fibrosis, inflammatory disorders, liver diseases, pain and neurodegeneration, among others.
Shanghai Yidi Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has identified dihydrothienopyrimidine compounds acting as phosphodiesterase PDE4B2 and/or phosphodiesterase PDE4D2 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of autoimmune disorders, metabolic diseases, neurological diseases and inflammatory disorders.
An old target that found new life at Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc. has become the subject of a sizeable deal between the company and Novartis AG, as the pair set about developing molecular glue degraders (MGDs). Shares of Monte Rosa (NASDAQ:GLUE) closed Oct. 28 at $9.48, up $4.59, or 93.9%, on word of the Boston-based firm’s deal with Novartis to advance VAV1 MGDs, including MRT-6160, a prospect undergoing a phase I single ascending dose/multiple ascending dose study in healthy volunteers for immune-mediated conditions.
Work at LG Chem Ltd. has led to the development of novel benzimidazolone derivatives acting as ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase family member 2 (ENPP2; autotaxin) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer and fibrosis.