Equillium Inc. has announced that it intends to advance EQ-302, a preclinical orally delivered multi-cytokine inhibitor of IL-15 and IL-21, in place of further clinical development of EQ-102.
Sudo Biosciences Inc. has closed a $116 million series B financing, with the funding raised to be used to advance two investigational TYK2 candidates into the clinic in 2024.
Samdolite Pharmaceuticals LLC has divulged prodrugs of cromoglicic acid reported to be useful for the treatment of inflammation and dermatological disorders.
Soltego Inc. has disclosed pyrimidopyrimidone compounds acting as serine/threonine-protein salt-inducible kinases (SIK) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of erythematotelangiectatic and papulopustular rosacea.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Biolojic Design Ltd. have announced an exclusive license agreement to develop a potential novel antibody-based therapy for the treatment of atopic dermatitis and asthma.
Scinai Immunotherapeutics Ltd. has released promising preclinical results of its innovative anti‑IL‑17 VHH antibody (NanoAb) as a local treatment for mild to moderate plaque psoriasis.
Research at Nanjing Gritpharma Co. Ltd. has led to the identification of stilbene derivatives acting as aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) agonists. As such, they are reported to be useful for the treatment of allergy, asthma, atherosclerosis, diabetes type 2, infections, osteoporosis, transplant rejection and graft-vs.-host disease.
Pemphigus vulgaris is an autoimmune skin disease mediated by autoantibodies to desmoglein-3 (DSG3). Since the adult murine model of this disease is quite limited, researchers aimed to develop a novel active adult pemphigus vulgaris murine model.
Researchers from Kyverna Therapeutics Inc. have presented data on their anti-CD19 CAR T-cell therapy, KYV-101, for the treatment of B-cell-driven autoimmune diseases.