"We are delighted to announce the backing of an exceptional investor syndicate who share our commitment to advancing innovative therapies for patients with cancer," said Shakti Narayan, PhD, JD, CEO of Accent Therapeutics. "These additional resources position us well to file INDs this year for...
VLS-1488 is a potent oral KIF18A inhibitor with the potential to be the first-ever chromosomal instability-targeted cancer therapy. Phase Ib trial for sovilnesib, Volastra’s second KIF18A inhibitor, is anticipated to open in Q1 2024....
HMBD-001 is Hummingbird Bioscience’s proprietary anti-HER3 antibody in Phase I/IIa trials in the UK and Phase Ib trials in Australia, targeting multiple solid tumors. The clinical data shows that HMBD-001 is safe and well-tolerated with no dose-limiting toxicities and no severe treatment-related adverse events. Disease control rate...
Endeavor obtains exclusive worldwide rights to Hummingbird Bioscience’s anti-HER3 ADC to be developed for patients with HER3-expressing tumors. Hummingbird Bioscience to receive upfront and milestone payments up to $430 million, plus royalties, from Endeavor BioMedicine. Investigational New Drug (IND) application planned in first half of 2024....
Droia Ventures is delighted to announce the appointment of Rez Halse to its partnership. Rez joins Droia from RA Capital, where he served as Partner of RA Ventures and as President of RA’s company creation incubator, leading early-stage investments in newly founded biotech companies....
“The authorization of our CTA in Canada is a significant milestone for our company, representing our first program to receive clearance by a regulatory body to enter the clinic and the first ever clinical trial to evaluate a therapy that rescues STMN2 expression in ALS...
“We are very pleased to receive this significant funding from The Michael J. Fox Foundation to fund this promising research which has the potential to significantly improve the lives of people with Parkinson’s," said Rita Balice-Gordon, Chief Executive Officer of Muna Therapeutics....
Vicinitas Therapeutics has exclusively licensed the DUBTAC platform from both UC Berkeley and Novartis and aims to become the leading company in targeted protein stabilization by developing next-generation disease therapies against an entire class of previously inaccessible aberrantly degraded proteins. The company is initially focused...
Vicinitas Therapeutics has exclusively licensed the DUBTAC platform from both UC Berkeley and Novartis and aims to become the leading company in targeted protein stabilization by developing next-generation disease therapies against an entire class of previously inaccessible aberrantly degraded proteins. The company is initially focused...
“The combination of Bristol Myers Squibb’s expertise in oncology and Volastra’s deep understanding of chromosomal instability as cancer’s Achilles heel makes for an ideal partnership to advance novel therapies for patients,” said Charles Hugh-Jones, M.D., FRCP, Chief Executive Officer at Volastra. “Through this collaboration, Volastra...