Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc recently detailed the discovery and preclinical characterization of a novel potent and selective orexin OX2 receptor agonist, ORX-142.
Bayer AG and Moma Therapeutics Inc. have entered into a collaboration, under an option and exclusive license agreement, to develop and commercialize a small-molecule oncology program.
Antag Therapeutics ApS has received IND clearance from the FDA for lead molecule, AT-7687. A phase I trial will evaluate AT-7687 in healthy lean and healthy obese subjects, including as monotherapy and in combination with semaglutide in the healthy obese individuals.
Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) is a cell surface molecule with immunosuppressive function involved in T-cell immune regulation and proliferation. Researchers from Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co. Ltd. and collaborators described the preclinical evaluation of JS-007, a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting CTLA-4, in cancer models.
David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper share the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their contributions to the science of protein structure. David Baker was awarded half the prize “for computational protein design,” according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Hassabis and Jumper shared the other half “for protein structure prediction.”
Betta Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has prepared and tested probable global transcription activator SNF2L2 (SMARCA2; BAF190B; SNF2-α) and transcription activator BRG1 (SMARCA4; BAF190A; SNF2-β) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Work at Dark Blue Therapeutics Ltd. has led to the identification of proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising a cereblon (CRBN) E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety coupled to a MLLT1- or MLLT3-targeting moiety through a linker.
Bayer Consumer Care AG has disclosed new tachykinin NK1 and NK3 receptor dual antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of breast cancer, endometriosis, hidradenitis, hypertrichosis, osteoporosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, preeclampsia and benign prostatic hyperplasia, among others.