“The lack of therapeutic precision in treatment of myeloid malignancies is in sharp contrast with the fact that myeloid cancers represent the perhaps best characterized cancers of all at the cellular, molecular, and genetic levels,” Johanna Olweus told her audience at the Friday plenary session of the European Hematology Association 2025 Annual Congress. Read More
Therapies involving B-cell depletion targeting CD19 or BCMA have shown efficacy in the treatment of B-cell malignancies. Recently, this approach has shown efficacy in the treatment of autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or rheumatoid arthritis, by repopulation and resetting of B cells and immunoglobulins. Read More
Myrio Therapeutics Pty Ltd. is set to advance lead product PHOX2B PC-CAR T (PHOX2B peptide-centric chimeric antigen receptor autologous T cells) into clinical trials for relapsed neuroblastoma following IND clearance by the FDA. The first patient will be enrolled around mid-year. Read More
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. has entered into a strategic research collaboration agreement with Astrazeneca plc for the discovery and development of novel oral small-molecule candidates utilizing the group’s AI-driven, dual-engine efficient drug discovery platform. Read More
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. has synthesized tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 6 (PTPN6; PTP-1C; SH-PTP1) activators reported to be useful for the treatment of autoimmune disease and cancer. Read More
Researchers at Ileadbms Co. Ltd. have announced promising results of their novel drug IL-21120033 in a preclinical model of rheumatoid arthritis. The drug acts as a selective agonist of the chemokine receptor CXCR7. Read More
Researchers at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute and collaborators have developed a new anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody, mAb104, which targets a conformationally exposed, tumor-specific epitope in domain II of the HER2 protein. Read More
Rubedo Life Sciences Inc. has identified Bcl-2-like protein 1 (Bcl-xl; Bcl-X; BCL2L1) inhibitors acting as senolytic agents reported to be useful for the treatment of autoimmune disease, cancer, cardiovascular disorders, cognitive disorders, diabetes, inflammatory, metabolic and neurological disorders, among others. Read More
Researchers from the Institute for Basic Science of Korea and collaborating institutions have designed a new class of peptide-based inhibitors targeting a crucial interface within the SARS-CoV-2 replication complex, offering a potential new avenue for antiviral therapy. Read More
Breakpoint Therapeutics GmbH has divulged Werner syndrome ATP-dependent helicase (WRN; RECQ3; RECQL2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Lung cancer is globally the second most frequent cancer and the cause of approximately 2 of every 10 cancer-related deaths. Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy can be effective for some patients, but many patients prove resistant to it. Read More
Systemic lupus erythematosus is a chronic autoimmune disease in which immune cells invade various organs and unleash harmful inflammatory responses. Estrogen may contribute to the condition, which would explain why it affects women over men in a 9:1 ratio. Read More
Nanjing Mingde New Drug Research Co. Ltd. has described potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily KQT member 2/3 (KCNQ2/3) activators reported to be useful for the treatment of epilepsy. Read More
