Small-molecule inhibitors, immune checkpoint inhibitors, and more: FDA-approved novel therapeutic drugs for solid tumors from 1991 to 2021

Q Wu, W Qian, X Sun, S Jiang - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has always been a
forerunner in drug evaluation and supervision. Over the past 31 years, 1050 drugs …

The dawn of a new era: targeting the “undruggables” with antibody-based therapeutics

L Qian, X Lin, X Gao, RU Khan, JY Liao, S Du… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The high selectivity and affinity of antibodies toward their antigens have made them a highly
valuable tool in disease therapy, diagnosis, and basic research. A plethora of chemical and …

Programmable multispecific DNA-origami-based T-cell engagers

KF Wagenbauer, N Pham, A Gottschlich, B Kick… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Multispecific antibodies have emerged as versatile therapeutic agents, and therefore,
approaches to optimize and streamline their design and assembly are needed. Here we …

The present and future of bispecific antibodies for cancer therapy

C Klein, U Brinkmann, JM Reichert… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2024 - nature.com
Bispecific antibodies (bsAbs) enable novel mechanisms of action and/or therapeutic
applications that cannot be achieved using conventional IgG-based antibodies …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting breast cancer stem cells

L Zhang, W Chen, S Liu, C Chen - International journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The potential roles of breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) in tumor initiation and recurrence
have been recognized for many decades. Due to their strong capacity for self-renewal and …

The emerging landscape of novel 4-1BB (CD137) agonistic drugs for cancer immunotherapy

C Claus, C Ferrara-Koller, C Klein - MAbs, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The clinical development of 4–1BB agonists for cancer immunotherapy has raised
substantial interest during the past decade. The first generation of 4–1BB agonistic …

Lipid nanoparticles functionalized with antibodies for anticancer drug therapy

AC Marques, PC Costa, S Velho, MH Amaral - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nanotechnology takes the lead in providing new therapeutic options for cancer patients. In
the last decades, lipid-based nanoparticles—solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) …

[HTML][HTML] When three is not a crowd: trispecific antibodies for enhanced cancer immunotherapy

A Tapia-Galisteo, M Compte, L Álvarez-Vallina… - Theranostics, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite the clinical success of the first bispecific antibody approved by the FDA against B
cell malignancies (blinatumomab), many obstacles remain such as dosing, treatment …

Immune escape mechanisms and therapeutic approaches in cancer: the cancer-immunity cycle

AM Starzer, M Preusser… - Therapeutic advances in …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The introduction of immune checkpoint inhibitors has changed the therapeutic possibilities
for various cancer types. However, despite the success in some entities, a significant fraction …

Engineering SARS-CoV-2 specific cocktail antibodies into a bispecific format improves neutralizing potency and breadth

Z Ku, X Xie, J Lin, P Gao, B Wu, A El Sahili, H Su… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
One major limitation of neutralizing antibody-based COVID-19 therapy is the requirement of
costly cocktails to reduce emergence of antibody resistance. Here we engineer two …