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NRG announces £16m Series A for IND for Parkinson’s and ALS

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A pre-clinical pipeline of potential first-in-class brain-penetrant small molecule inhibitors of the mitochondrial permeability pore (mPTP) are to be developed. Inhibition of the mPTP has been shown, however, to protect neurons, reduce neuroinflammation, and extend survival in pre-clinical disease models.

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Betta to commercialise C4 Therapeutics’ CFT8919 in greater China

Pharmaceutical Technology

It is expected to accelerate the development of CFT8919 in important international markets. CFT8919 is an orally bioavailable BiDAC degrader designed to exhibit potent and selective activity against EGFR L858R in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

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Kronos Bio Announces Publication of Preclinical Study Results for Investigational CDK9 Inhibitor KB-0742 in Cell Chemical Biology

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Company is on t rack to s ubmit an IND in the fourth quarter of 2020 and i nitiate a Phase 1 /2 clinical trial for advanced solid tumors in 2021. We designed KB-0742 to be an orally bioavailable CDK9 inhibitor with a differentiated selectivity profile,” said Norbert Bischofberger, Ph.D., SAN MATEO, Calif., and CAMBRIDGE, Mass.,

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