Zai Lab Ltd. has entered into a new strategic collaboration and worldwide license agreement with Medilink Therapeutics (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. to use Medilink’s TMALIN antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) platform.
Climb Bio Inc. has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Beijing Mabworks Biotech Co. Ltd. for rights to develop and commercialize MIL-116 (now CLYM-116), an anti-APRIL monoclonal antibody currently in IND-enabling studies for IgA nephropathy, in the territory outside of Greater China.
Frontier Medicines Corp. has announced the selection of FMC-220, a first-in-class covalent small-molecule activator of p53 Y220C designed to address potency and tolerability challenges of noncovalent approaches. In cancer with mutations, the Y220C mutation destabilizes the p53 protein, impairing its tumor-suppressive functions and contributing to cancer progression.
Affinia Therapeutics Inc. has nominated AFTX-201 as a development candidate for the treatment of BAG3 dilated cardiomyopathy. The gene therapy, using Affinia’s cardiotropic capsid, is given as a one-time intravenous injection.
Researchers from Vera Salus Ricerca Srl and affiliated organizations have reported the discovery and preclinical characterization of novel sigma-1 receptor (S1R) antagonists as potential new analgesic agents.