Elevation Oncology Inc. has nominated EO-1022 as its HER3 antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) development candidate for the treatment of solid tumors that express HER3.
Opna Bio AG has presented promising data regarding their EP300/CBP inhibitor OPN-6602 for the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM). The inhibition of EP300/CBP causes cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in MM cells due to suppression of interferon regulatory factor 4 (IRF4) and MYC repression.
Peptidream Inc. has announced a new peptide radiopharmaceutical development candidate, PD-29875, a novel first-in-class highly selective macrocyclic peptide-radioisotope conjugate against Claudin 18.2 (CLDN18.2).
SK Bioscience has received approval from the Human Research Ethics Committee in Australia for a phase I/II trial of its mRNA-based Japanese encephalitis vaccine candidate, GBP-560.
To address the existing challenges with CAR T-cell therapy, scientists at Umoja Biopharma Inc. developed the Vivovec platform, which is an off-the-shelf surface-engineered lentiviral vector (LVV) drug product designed to generate CAR T cells in vivo without lymphodepletion by selectively binding, activating and transducing T cells.
Investigators at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) have unraveled how and why the absence of a neuronal microexon in cytoplasmic polyadenylation element-binding 4 (CPEB4) gives rise to autism. In 2018, investigators from IRB, co-led by Raúl Méndez, identified the overt correlation between defects in CPEB4 and the onset of autism. However, the previous work did not provide the molecular mechanism explaining the correlation.
AC Immune SA has divulged compounds acting as α-synuclein (SNCA) aggregation inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of multiple system atrophy (MSA), Parkinson’s dementia, Lewy body dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, among others.
Scientists at Institute of Materia Medica Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College have identified compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology has synthesized compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections.