Radiopharm Theranostics Ltd. has been granted Belberry Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) approval in Australia to initiate a first-in-human phase I therapeutic study of 177Lu-labeled RAD-202 (177Lu-RAD-202) for the treatment of HER2-expressing solid tumors, including breast and gastric cancers.
Biper Therapeutics SAS has announced bridge financing of €800,000 (US$839,000), ahead of the closure of its series A funding round, to advance its pipeline of drug candidates overstressing pathological cells to treat diseases, including cancer.
Claudin 18.2 (CLDN18.2) is a member of the claudin family and is overexpressed in gastric, gastroesophageal junction and pancreatic cancer, among others. Researchers from Elevation Oncology Inc. recently presented preclinical efficacy data on the combination of EO-3021, an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) targeting CLDN18.2, with VEGFR-2 or PD-1 inhibitors in models of gastric adenocarcinoma.
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).
Mirati Therapeutics Inc. has divulged GTPase KRAS (G12S mutant) and/or GTPase KRAS (G12C mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
MD Biopharm Co. Ltd. has identified compounds acting as mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 11 (MAP3K11; MLK3) and kinase 1 (MAP4K1; HPK1; MEKKK1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, viral infection, Parkinson’s disease, nonalcoholic or metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (NASH/MASH) and tuberculosis.
National Institutes of Pharmaceutical R&D Co. Ltd. has synthesized fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Ideaya Biosciences Inc. has announced FDA clearance of an IND application for IDE-275 (GSK-959), a small-molecule inhibitor of Werner helicase (WRN) discovered by Ideaya in collaboration with GSK plc.