Siren Biotechnology Inc. has unveiled its lead asset, SRN-101, for the treatment of high-grade gliomas. The FDA has granted orphan drug and rare pediatric disease designations to SRN-101 for high-grade gliomas and pediatric-type diffuse high-grade gliomas, respectively.
The transcription factor IKZF2 is a marker of highly suppressive regulatory T cells (Tregs). When IKZF2 is degraded, Tregs become effector-like T cells leading to increased antitumor immune response in the tumor microenvironment.
Trogenix Ltd. has emerged from stealth with a focus on treating cancer through viral immunotherapy. The company was founded as a spinout from the University of Edinburgh last year.
Researchers from Elpiscience Biopharmaceuticals Inc. discussed the discovery and preclinical characterization of a novel NKG2A antibody-IL-2 mutant fusion protein – ES-015.129 – being developed as cancer immunotherapy.
Researchers from Exelixis Inc. described the preclinical characterization of XB-002, an antibody-drug conjugate consisting of a monoclonal antibody recognizing a tissue factor (TF) epitope that does not interfere with factor VII binding.
MDX-2001 (Modex Therapeutics Inc.) was engineered as a potentially first-in-class tetraspecific lymphocyte activator and survival enhancement receptor (LASER) recognizing CD3 and CD28 on human T cells and c-MET and TROP2 on tumor cells.
Poseida Therapeutics Inc. has updated progress made in its early-stage pipeline of differentiated T stem cell memory cell-rich allogeneic CAR T therapies in oncology and autoimmune diseases.
At the recent SITC meeting in Houston, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. reported preclinical data for the fusion protein TEV-56278, which is in phase I development.
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