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Rochester Uni backed by NIH to explore PKD3 as cardiac therapeutic target
Discovery

Rochester Uni backed by NIH to explore PKD3 as cardiac therapeutic target

University of Rochester has received a USD 2.38 million NIH R01 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to investigate how protein...

4d ago
Lilly's RNA partner Rznomics joins Lilly Gateway Labs
Business

Lilly's RNA partner Rznomics joins Lilly Gateway Labs

South Korea-based Rznomics Inc. (KOSDAQ: 476830) has joined Lilly Gateway Labs in San Diego, deepening a relationship with Eli Lilly and Company that began...

4d ago
Protein charge emerges as key constraint for AI-designed cancer minibinders
Discovery

Protein charge emerges as key constraint for AI-designed cancer minibinders

A study from researchers at the University of Bonn demonstrates that the isoelectric point (pI) of AI-designed protein minibinders — not just their binding...

Aug 21
AKR1A1 loss exposes metabolic vulnerability in drug-resistant liver, kidney cancers
Discovery

AKR1A1 loss exposes metabolic vulnerability in drug-resistant liver, kidney cancers

Loss of a metabolic enzyme found in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and renal cell carcinoma (RCC) creates a selective dependence on a detoxification pathway...

Aug 21
Alvotech licenses two early-stage biosimilar candidates to Lotus for USD 150m
Business

Alvotech licenses two early-stage biosimilar candidates to Lotus for USD 150m

Alvotech (Nasdaq: ALVO) has licensed US and Asian commercialization rights for two biosimilar candidates — AVT34, a proposed biosimilar to durvalumab...

Aug 21
VectorBuilder, Lir apply AI to optimize AAV capsids for manufacturing
Business

VectorBuilder, Lir apply AI to optimize AAV capsids for manufacturing

Chicago-based VectorBuilder and Ireland-based Lir Therapeutics have announced a joint platform collaboration to engineer adeno-associated virus (AAV)...

Aug 21
METiS, WestVac team up on AI-designed personalized mRNA cancer vaccines
Business

METiS, WestVac team up on AI-designed personalized mRNA cancer vaccines

METiS TechBio (HKEX: 7666) and China-based WestVac Biopharma have signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement to jointly develop personalized mRNA...

Aug 21
Ambros lands USD 150m financing in Werewolf reverse merger to fund neridronate Phase III
Business

Ambros lands USD 150m financing in Werewolf reverse merger to fund neridronate Phase III

San Diego-based Ambros Therapeutics is merging with Waltham, Massachusetts-based Werewolf Therapeutics (Nasdaq: HOWL) in an all-stock transaction, with a...

Aug 21
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FDA sets cross-center framework for digital measures in clinical trials
Regulatory & Policy

FDA sets cross-center framework for digital measures in clinical trials

Category: Clinical Trial Reform | Regulatory Body: FDA (CBER, CDER, CDRH, OCE) | Geography: United States | Instrument: Guidance document

Aug 21
Gossamer secures up to USD 250m to fund seralutinib through uncertain FDA path
Business

Gossamer secures up to USD 250m to fund seralutinib through uncertain FDA path

San Diego-based Gossamer Bio (Nasdaq: GOSS) announced a structured private placement of up to USD 250 million, with USD 150 million in committed capital,...

Aug 21
Bristol Myers Squibb taps Chai Discovery's generative AI for antibody design across portfolio
Business

Bristol Myers Squibb taps Chai Discovery's generative AI for antibody design across portfolio

San Francisco-based Chai Discovery and Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) have announced a collaboration to apply Chai's generative AI antibody discovery...

Aug 21
Adaptin Bio opens first-in-human trial of brain-targeted EGFRvIII T cell engager
Development

Adaptin Bio opens first-in-human trial of brain-targeted EGFRvIII T cell engager

Enrollment has opened in a first-in-human Phase I trial of APTN-101, a bispecific T cell engager developed by Charlotte, North Carolina-based Adaptin Bio,...

Aug 21
CStone to put EGFR/HER3 bispecific ADC to first-in-human test in China
Regulatory & Policy

CStone to put EGFR/HER3 bispecific ADC to first-in-human test in China

China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has cleared CStone Pharmaceuticals (HKEX: 2616) to begin clinical trials of CS5007, an EGFR/HER3...

Aug 21
Akeso advances third ADC into clinical trials with B7-H3-targeting AK157D1
Development

Akeso advances third ADC into clinical trials with B7-H3-targeting AK157D1

China-based Akeso (HKEX: 9926.HK) has received clearance from China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) to...

Aug 21
Luye Pharma advances therapeutic mRNA vaccine into Phase II for HPV lesions
Development

Luye Pharma advances therapeutic mRNA vaccine into Phase II for HPV lesions

Luye Pharma Group (HKEX: 02186) is advancing its LY01620 mRNA vaccine into Phase II trials in China for HPV16-positive cervical high-grade squamous...

Aug 21