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K2 Therapeutics commits up to USD 980m on masked TCE platform from Antengene
Business

K2 Therapeutics commits up to USD 980m on masked TCE platform from Antengene

China-based Antengene Corporation Limited (HKEX: 6996) has licensed its preclinical CDH6 × CD3 bispecific T cell engager ATG-106 to K2 Therapeutics, a...

Jun 22
Memento launches with USD 93m to challenge anti-VEGF monopoly in retinal disease
Business

Memento launches with USD 93m to challenge anti-VEGF monopoly in retinal disease

Boston-based Memento Medicines, Inc. has launched with a USD 93 million Series A financing round to advance MMT-205 (previously known as MT-103), a...

Jun 22
Syntax Bio raises USD 14.4m to scale CRISPR-programmed cell therapy for type 1 diabetes
Business

Syntax Bio raises USD 14.4m to scale CRISPR-programmed cell therapy for type 1 diabetes

Chicago-based Syntax Bio has closed an expanded Series A totaling USD 14.4 million, bringing total funding to more than USD 25 million, as the synthetic...

Jun 22
SOPHiA Genetics raises USD 57.5 million to expand AI genomics platform beyond oncology
Business

SOPHiA Genetics raises USD 57.5 million to expand AI genomics platform beyond oncology

Switzerland-based SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH), an AI-native healthcare technology company, announced the closing of an underwritten public offering of...

Jun 22
Vanderbilt wins USD 1.77 million NIH grant to probe TBX4 pulmonary hypertension mechanisms
Discovery

Vanderbilt wins USD 1.77 million NIH grant to probe TBX4 pulmonary hypertension mechanisms

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Jun 19
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CervoMed locks in neflamapimod exclusivity through 2042 with pure DLB patent strategy

Boston-based CervoMed Inc. (Nasdaq: CRVO) received a notice of allowance from the USPTO for a method-of-treatment patent protecting the use of neflamapimod…

Jun 19
Immunomic launches first self-amplifying RNA vaccine trial in triple-negative breast cancer
Development

Immunomic launches first self-amplifying RNA vaccine trial in triple-negative breast cancer

Privately held Rockville, Maryland-based Immunomic Therapeutics, Inc. has initiated a first-in-human Phase I trial of ITI-5000, a self-amplifying RNA...

Jun 19
News

Curium clears patent hurdle to challenge Novartis’s lutetium Lu 177 dotatate monopoly

Boston-based Curium Pharma prevailed in a patent dispute brought by Novartis subsidiary Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA) before the Delaware US District Court,…

Jun 19
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NYU investigates long non-coding RNAs as drivers of stress susceptibility and resilience
Discovery

NYU investigates long non-coding RNAs as drivers of stress susceptibility and resilience

New York University School of Medicine has received a USD 1.69 million NIH R56 award to investigate the role of long non-coding RNAs in stress...

Jun 19
Jinan University develops light-activated hydrogel system targeting lipid metabolism and postsurgical tumor recurrence
Discovery

Jinan University develops light-activated hydrogel system targeting lipid metabolism and postsurgical tumor recurrence

Researchers at Jinan University in Guangzhou, China have reported a thermotropic hydrogel tumor therapy platform that exploits the fatty acid-rich...

Jun 19
Teva files Emalex's ecopipam with US FDA for first approval as Tourette's therapy
Regulatory & Policy

Teva files Emalex's ecopipam with US FDA for first approval as Tourette's therapy

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NYSE: TEVA) has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the US FDA for ecopipam, an investigational selective dopamine D1...

Jun 19
Scripps wins NCI renewal to study circadian control of HIF2α in kidney cancer
Discovery

Scripps wins NCI renewal to study circadian control of HIF2α in kidney cancer

Scripps Research has received a USD 1.39 million NCI R01 renewal to investigate how circadian clock proteins regulate HIF2α activity in clear cell renal...

Jun 19
Mabwell's Nectin-4 ADC challenges Pfizer's Tivdak with 77% response rate in combination study
Development

Mabwell's Nectin-4 ADC challenges Pfizer's Tivdak with 77% response rate in combination study

China-based Mabwell (688062.SH, 02493.HK) reported early-stage clinical data for its Nectin-4-targeting antibody-drug conjugate 9MW2821 (bulumtatug...

Jun 19
UBC researchers suggest semaglutide's skeletal effects reflect weight loss, not GLP-1 activity
Discovery

UBC researchers suggest semaglutide's skeletal effects reflect weight loss, not GLP-1 activity

Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada report that semaglutide produces measurable reductions in bone mass and...

Jun 19
Novocure's glioblastoma expansion bid fails, leaving Optune's label unchanged
Development

Novocure's glioblastoma expansion bid fails, leaving Optune's label unchanged

A Phase III trial failure that leaves Novocure's approved label intact but closes the door on a meaningful expansion opportunity — that is the central...

Jun 19