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KYAN Therapeutics | September 24, 2020

KYAN Therapeutics, Inc. ("KYAN"), a frontier biotech company with a novel drug-dose combination optimizing platform, Optim.AI, has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Georgetown University for novel selective Class II HDAC inhibitors. KYAN has already commenced preclinical development of the lead candidate, which has been designated as KYAN-001, with early positive results. In vitro and in vivo studies of KYAN-001 have shown high efficacy for Multiple Myeloma and Prostate ...

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Tachyon Therapeutics Inc. | August 25, 2022

Tachyon Therapeutics, Inc. a private biotechnology company developing transformative cancer therapies against novel targets, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the Company’s Investigational New Drug application to develop TACH101 for the treatment of advanced solid tumors. "The approval of this IND marks a significant milestone for the Company, as TACH101 will be the first KDM4 inhibitor to enter clinical stage. ...

FN Media Group | May 08, 2020

The biotech boom is back. After its big breakthrough a few years ago, the biotech industry fell silent. Now, it is in the spotlight once again as smart money races in to back some once-in-a-generation breakthroughs. Mentioned in today's commentary includes: CRISPR Therapeutics AG (NASDAQ: CRSP), Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGMO), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL).From exciti...

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Ligand Pharmaceuticals | July 29, 2021

Landing AI announced today that it has entered into a software licensing deal with Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated to integrate LandingLens into Ligand's OmniAb and xPloration antibody discovery platforms. LandingLens is a software platform that offers an end-to-end process for developing, experimenting and delivering AI-powered visual inspection solutions. The new AI-powered tools enhance Ligand's high-throughput single B cell screening accuracy and throughput in a wi...