Iksuda Therapeutics Ltd. disclosed the design of a novel, effective and safe antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), IKS-012, for the potential treatment of folate receptor α (FRα)-positive cancers.
Researchers from Qingdao University described the discovery and preclinical characterization of a novel series of tubulin polymerization inhibitors that led to the identification of [I] as the most potent compound.
Tevogen Bio Inc. has begun preclinical efforts for TVGN-920, its first oncology product. The company is leveraging Microsoft’s artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud technologies to accelerate its target identification and preclinical processes in human papillomavirus (HPV).
Avacta Life Sciences (Avacta Group plc) presented preclinical data on AVA-6103, a second-generation Precision peptide-drug conjugate, being developed for the potential treatment of cancer. AVA-6103 was developed using the company’s proprietary Precision technology incorporating a dipeptide specifically cleaved by fibroblast activation protein α (FAPα) leading to tumor-specific delivery of exatecan directly into the tumor cells.
Cell and gene therapy companies are the beneficiaries of positive changes along the regulatory path that the U.S. FDA is paving for them, according to a panel of executives who spoke at the BioFuture 2024 conference in New York. The agency is trying to set up cell and gene companies for success and that’s a very different agency than what it was years ago, said Paul Bresge, CEO of Ray Therapeutics Inc.
While the size of the market is enormous, drug development and treatments for women’s health care still lag behind what is offered for men. There has been a renaissance in the past few years, however, led by investors and companies that have wrestled with determining exactly what encompasses women’s health and how to meet its challenges.
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. have patented tricyclic compounds acting as UDP-2,3-diacylglucosamine hydrolase (LpxH) (bacterial) inhibitors and thus reported to be useful for the treatment of gram-negative bacterial infections.
Gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor (GIPR) antagonists potentially useful for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity have been disclosed in a Pfizer Inc. patent.