Eluminex Biosciences Ltd. announced the FDA’s acceptance of their IND application for EB-105, a trispecific fusion antibody targeting vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A, and isomers), VEGF-B, placental growth factor (PlGF), angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) and interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6R) for the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME).
Replay Holdings LLC and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report that the FDA has cleared the IND application for PRAME TCR/IL-15 NK (SY-307), an engineered T-cell receptor natural killer (TCR-NK) cell therapy for relapsed/refractory myeloid malignancies.
The FDA has cleared Prime Medicine Inc.’s IND application for PM-359 for the treatment of chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), enabling initiation of a phase I/II trial in the U.S.
Hookipa Pharma Inc. has received clearance from the U.S. FDA for its IND application for HB-700, a novel arenaviral therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of KRAS-mutated cancers. The HB-700 program is a replicating 2-vector therapy designed to treat KRAS-mutated lung, colorectal, pancreatic and other cancers by targeting the five most prevalent KRAS mutations in these disease indications.
The FDA has cleared Oncoc4 Inc.’s IND application for ONC-841, a potential first-in-class Siglec-10-blocking antibody for the treatment of solid tumors.
The U.S. FDA has cleared Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc’s IND to initiate a phase I first-in-human, clinical trial of ORX-750 for the treatment of narcolepsy.
Lamassu Biotech Inc. has announced that its IND for SA53-OS has been cleared by the FDA in the U.S. The planned phase I/IIa trials will investigate the genetically targeted therapy that blocks the MDM2 protein, a key regulator of the tumor suppressor p53 gene.
The U.S. FDA has cleared Tr1x Inc.’s IND application for TRX-103 for the prevention of graft-vs.-host disease (GVHD) in patients undergoing HLA-mismatched hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).
The U.S. FDA has cleared Biocity Biopharma Co. Ltd.’s IND application for a phase I study of BC-2027. This is the company’s second first-in-class antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) to be approved for clinical trials, following BC-3195, which is directed against placental-cadherin (CDH3).
Verismo Therapeutics Inc. has submitted an IND application to the FDA seeking to initiate a phase I trial this year of Synkir-310 for the treatment of relapsed or refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas (B-cell NHL), including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, follicular lymphoma, mantle cell lymphoma and marginal zone lymphoma.