Project description
Dual targeting inhibitors IBL-302 and IBL-202 for the treatment of cancer
While recent years have witnessed advances in cancer therapy, treatment resistance remains a major challenge. Therapies that target a particular cancer pathway can succumb to resistance as 'rescue pathways' are activated. The EU-funded project IBL-302, and subsequently IBL-202, has supported the development of unique dual targeting inhibitors which shut down a pervasive cancer signalling pathway PI3K, and its major rescue pathway PIM kinase. IBL-302 has since been partnered with a company in Asia, while IBL-202 is being developed to treatment unmet needs in B-cell malignancies and leukemia.
Objective
Breast cancer is already a leading cause of death among women and most common form of cancer among European women with almost 500,000 cases in 2012 and over 1.7 million new cases globally. However, despite good progress in treatment options over the past decade, including some progress with immunotherapies, the war is far from won, with over 20% not responding to current standard care, and with the incidence of breast cancer set to rise by a massive 50% by 2030. There is now an urgent need for new effective, safe and life extending therapeutics for those women suffering and dying with breast cancer. IBL-302 is a first-in-class small molecule targeted breast cancer therapeutic that targets both the PI3K and PIM pathways. It is an
orally bioavailable pan-PIM kinase, pan-PI3K and mTOR inhibition in a single agent. As the PI3K pathway is one of the most
commonly mutated pathways, this multi-path action effect closes down the main route of mutation and a primary backup PIM
pathway. This confers the promise of much greater rates of efficacy and potential utility to combat the breast cancer epidemic.
Inhibition of the PI3K pathway alone is cytostatic, it pauses cell growth but does not kill cancer cells. This has the effect of
the PIM pathways then being activated as a backup mutation pathway, allowing the cancer to progress once more. Adding
PIM inhibition on top of the PI3K inhibition actually induces apoptosis, the death of cancer cells instead of simply stalling
their growth.
A development partnership will be sought with a large pharmaceutical company to complete final stages of clinical
development required for market approval. The partner will also be responsible for the manufacture and distribution IBL-302
on an exclusive licence.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
- medical and health sciences clinical medicine oncology breast cancer
- medical and health sciences clinical medicine hematology
- medical and health sciences basic medicine immunology immunotherapy
- medical and health sciences clinical medicine oncology leukemia
- medical and health sciences basic medicine toxicology
Programme(s)
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Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges
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H2020-EU.2.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies
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Topic(s)
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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A94Y R59 BLACKROCK DUBLIN
Ireland
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