mAbs against new myeloid checkpoint OSE Immunotherapeutics S.A. (Euronext:OSE) has identified CLEC1A, a carbohydrate-binding protein, as a tumor myeloid checkpoint target, and has generated mAbs that prevent CLEC1A from binding its ligand on tumor cells....

DISEASE CATEGORY: Autoimmune disease INDICATION: Osteoarthritis Inhibiting Tet1, an epigenetic enzyme that methylates cytosine, could treat osteoarthritis. In patient-derived chondrocytes, an shRNA against Tet1 reduced mRNA levels of two disease markers, MMP3 and MMP13, as...

Eli Lilly’s rheumatoid arthritis drug Olumiant baricitinib has become the second treatment added to NIH’s COVID-19 master protocol, joining Gilead’s remdesivir. Separately, U.S. representatives called on FDA to ensure diagnostics are accurate, and ASCO launched...

Protease inhibitor blocks COVID-19 viral fusion Camostat mesylate, a TMPRSS2 inhibitor already approved in Japan for digestive system indications, has become one of the latest drugs that could be repurposed to treat COVID-19. A team...

Lykera joins a growing wave of companies targeting the tumor stroma, but it is taking a different approach with a portfolio of first-in-class mAbs against S100 proteins implicated in driving metastases. Its lead programs are...

New biological insights and increased recognition from FDA are transforming osteoarthritis from a testing ground for new pain therapies into its own high-priority indication. At least two mechanisms with disease-modifying potential for osteoarthritis (OA) have...

DISEASE CATEGORY: Musculoskeletal INDICATION: Muscular dystrophy Inhibiting ANXA2 or MMP could treat limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD2B) by preventing fibroadipogenic precursor cells from accumulating and undergoing adipogenesis. In three patients with LGMD2B, which is caused by...

A pair of newly listed biotechs trended in opposite directions during first-day trading Thursday. Bicycle slipped 14% after pricing its IPO at the bottom end of its proposed range, while Ideaya was up 12% after...

Weeks after completing its $80 million series B round, antipsychotic therapy developer Karuna said it has filed confidential documentation with the SEC for a planned IPO. The company was one of four to unveil plans...