Novartis is getting global rights to a Monte Rosa Therapeutic molecular glue degrader drug in early clinical testing as a potential treatment for autoimmune disorders. The deal comes months after the pharma giant landed rights to an Arvinas targeted protein degrader for cancer.
Eli Lilly-partnered Lycia Therapeutics will use its Series C financing to continue developing its internal pipeline of protein-degrading drugs. The startup is working to reach the clinic with drugs for autoimmune and inflammatory disorders.
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Novartis gains global rights to an Arvinas protein degrading drug that targets the androgen receptor to treat prostate cancer. The deal also includes a preclinical molecule addressing an androgen receptor variant.
Bristol Myers Squibb is expanding its scope in cancer by acquiring rights to a Phase 1-ready Orum Therapeutics program that brings a new twist to antibody drug conjugates. The deal is the latest business development move in the hot field of ADCs.
Roche is paying $50 million up front to begin a drug R&D alliance with Monte Rosa Therapeutics, a biotech whose molecular glue technology could address targets previously deemed undruggable. It’s Roche’s second such deal in the past month.
Seagen and Nurix are bringing their respective technologies together to develop a new class of cancer drugs called degrader antibody conjugates. Nurix CEO Arthur Sands says the multi-year, multi-target collaboration expands the reach of each company’s technology.
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Astellas Pharma has identified targeted protein degradation as one of the key areas for growth. The PeptiDream alliance is the latest one Astellas has struck in this particular area of drug research as it aims to find new ways to go after difficult cancer targets.
Bristol Myers Squibb’s drug R&D includes targeted protein degradation, an approach that can require proteins that don’t normally interact to find a way to stick together. BMS is turning to startup A-Alpha Bio to discover “molecular glues” that can accomplish the task.
Vicinitas Therapeutics is developing small molecule drugs that stabilize key proteins, preventing them from going to a cell’s built-in disposal system. The startup, which stems from a research partnership between Novartis and the University of California, Berkeley, has raised $65 million in Series A funding.
Biotech startup Ambagon Therapeutics is taking a new approach to making elusive protein targets “druggable” by using molecular glues. The biotech has a pipeline of preclinical cancer drugs and it has raised $85 million to support their development.
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The first wave of biotechs developing drugs that employ targeted protein degradation target disease-causing proteins inside the cell. Biotech startup Avilar Therapeutics, formed by RA Capital Management and led by CEO Dan Grau, is targeting proteins outside of the cell and it’s out of stealth backed by $60 million.
Eli Lilly is entering the field of protein-degrading drugs through a partnership with Lycia Therapeutics, a startup whose technology goes further than the first wave of such drugs. Lilly paid $35 million to begin the alliance, which spans up to five drugs.
Arvinas’ early clinical data for its targeted protein degradation drug for breast cancer drew partnering interest from several companies. Pfizer beat them all with a deal that pays the biotech $1 billion to share in the development and commercialization of this therapy.
Cho discusses Bristol Myers Squibb’s research efforts in the field of protein degradation to advance potential treatments for a broad range of diseases. In a recent MedCity Pivot Podcast, he also shared insights on his approach to drug discovery, perspectives on dealing with failure, and some of the work his teams are doing in the COVID-19 space.
The Boston-based company plans to develop small-molecule therapeutics that go after historically "undruggable" targets using a process known as protein degradation.