Immuneering Corp. has obtained FDA clearance of its IND application for IMM-6-415, an oral, twice-daily small molecule in development for the treatment of advanced RAF or RAS mutant solid tumors.
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC has divulged compounds acting as lipid A export ATP-binding/permease protein (MsbA) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of gram-negative (multidrug-resistant) bacterial infections.
Repare Therapeutics Inc. has identified membrane-associated tyrosine- and threonine-specific Cdc2-inhibitory kinase (PKMYT1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Astrazeneca AB has disclosed 17-β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 13 (HSD17B13; 17-β-HSD 13) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of alcoholic liver disease, liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, hepatic steatosis, liver inflammation, hepatitis C virus infection and liver cancer.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disorder where Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) and Janus kinase 3 (JAK3) are among the most relevant signaling pathways involved.
Shinobi Therapeutics Inc. has closed a $51 million series A financing. The company is developing a new class of off-the-shelf immune evasive iPSC-derived cell therapies.
Gigagen Inc., a subsidiary of Grifols SA, has received clearance from the FDA of its IND application to conduct a phase I trial of GIGA-564 for the treatment of solid tumors.