Aug. 25, 2025 -- Incyclix Bio, LLC, a next-generation cell cycle control company developing INX-315, a novel, potent and selective CDK2 inhibitor for the treatment of advanced and resistant cancer, today announced it has secured a $11.25 million extension to its Series B financing. The Series B extension investors include Eshelman Ventures, Eli Lilly and Company, Pharmacosmos and new investor Cape Fear BioCapital. The additional financing will advance Incyclix’s ongoing INX-315-01 (NCT0573508

Aug. 22, 2025 -- ViRx@Stanford, a leading biosecurity and pandemic preparedness initiative, and Fifty1 AI Labs, a subsidiary of Fifty1 Labs, Inc. (OTC: FITY), an innovative AI-driven drug repurposing company, today announced a strategic partnership under the "BE READI!" initiative. This collaboration will leverage Fifty1's advanced AI platform to repurpose existing drugs into potent antiviral therapies, addressing urgent viral threats and enhancing global health security. The partnership posit

Aug. 21, 2025 -- Septerna, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEPN), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering a new era of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) drug discovery, today announced the dosing of the first participants in its Phase 1 clinical trial of SEP-631, a selective oral small molecule Mas-related G protein-coupled receptor X2 (MRGPRX2) negative allosteric modulator (NAM) being developed for the treatment of chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) and other mast cell-driven diseases. The Phase 1 s

Aug. 22, 2025 -- BlossomHill Therapeutics, Inc., a privately-held, clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the design and development of small molecule medicines for treating cancer and autoimmune diseases, today announced the first patient dosed in the expansion cohorts of the SOLARA trial (NCT06706076), the first-in-human trial of BH-30643, a first-in-class, macrocyclic, non-covalent, mutant selective OMNI-EGFRTM inhibitor having sub-nanomolar potency against classical and atypical EG

Aug. 21, 2025 -- Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRNX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) for atumelnant, a novel, once-daily oral adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) receptor antagonist candidate for the proposed treatment of classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). Atumelnant is the first and only small molecule ACTH receptor antagonist in clinical development. “Receiving Orphan Drug Designation from the FDA und

Aug. 22, 2025 -- Jyong Biotech Ltd. (Nasdaq: MENS) (the “Company”, “Jyong Biotech”), a science-driven biotechnology company based in Taiwan committed to developing and commercializing innovative and differentiated new drugs (plant-derived) mainly specializing in the treatment of urinary system diseases, with an initial focus on the markets of the U.S., the EU and Asia, announced its participation in the 22nd Urological Association of Asia Congress which was held in conjunction with the 47th Ann

Aug. 21, 2025 -- Cube Biotech, a pioneer in membrane protein stabilization and purification, and X-Chem, the global leader in DNA-Encoded Library (DEL) technology and data-driven drug discovery, are proud to announce the successful conclusion of Project DEL-MP. Project DEL-MP was a collaborative initiative demonstrating that copolymer-stabilized membrane proteins are not only suitable for DEL screening, they also open up completely new possibilities for even the most challenging targets. The g

Aug. 21, 2025 -- Beacon Therapeutics Holdings Limited (‘Beacon Therapeutics’ or ‘the Company’), a leading clinical-stage biotechnology company with a mission to save and restore the vision of patients with blinding retinal diseases, today announces upcoming presentations on the preliminary 9+-month data from the Phase 2 DAWN trial and 36-month results of the randomized, controlled Phase 2 SKYLINE trial of the Company’s lead program, laru-zova (laruparetigene zovaparvovec), in patients with X-li

Aug. 20, 2025 -- Keros Therapeutics, Inc. (“Keros”) (Nasdaq: KROS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel therapeutics to treat a wide range of patients with disorders that are linked to dysfunctional signaling of the transforming growth factor-beta (“TGF-ß”) family of proteins, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) granted Orphan Drug designation for KER-065 for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (“DMD”). “

Aug. 20, 2025 -- Adial Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADIL) (“Adial” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies for the treatment and prevention of addiction and related disorders, today applauded recent U.S. Senate legislative support for expanding clinical trial endpoints beyond abstinence in substance use disorder treatments, including Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). The U.S. Senate’s move to encourage the FDA to develop new endpoints for AUD, s