Kymera in the News

Once cast off by most pharmas and investors, dermatology drug development is experiencing a renaissance. A standout commercial success has put atopic dermatitis on the map. Each new psoriasis therapy is extending efficacy. And emerging drug classes are promising to expand the pool of responders, both within dermatology’s major indications and into new ones.

The kinase IRAK4 is a crucial regulator of signalling pathways that control innate immunity. Inhibitors of its kinase activity have been developed for autoimmune diseases but have not shown strong efficacy. Now, in Nature Medicine, Ackerman et al. describe an IRAK4 protein degrader and report encouraging preliminary results in patients with chronic inflammatory skin diseases.

Nearly 76,000 workers at 347 companies responded to the survey questions rating their employers on leadership, values, training, benefits, and other metrics. The rankings are broken down into four size categories: small (50-99 employees); medium (100-249); large (250-999); and largest (1,000 or more).

Kymera’s KT-474 is the first oral degrader to demonstrate activity in clinical trials outside cancer. Sanofi recently started a Ph. II trial with the molecule in AD, restoring life to IRAK4 as an immunology target.

Kymera Therapeutics recently shared promising results from the phase 1 clinical trial of its lead program, KT-474, marking a significant milestone in the field of targeted protein degradation (TPD).

Kymera Therapeutics’ degrader KT-474 has shown promise for treating two inflammatory skin conditions in an early clinical trial. The success suggests that these compounds could be used to treat nonlethal, chronic conditions, where there is a high bar for tolerability.

Cells have intricate mechanisms to remove damaged or mis-expressed proteins that could be deleterious to cellular function. This process is mediated by a process called ubiquitination, mediated by a special class of proteins called E3 ligases. Ubiquitin is the tag that’s added that signals that a protein should be moved to the biochemical garbage can. Dr. Juliet WIlliams of Kymera describes how their company has used modeling and A.I. to design molecular linkers that connect a protein that needs to be degraded with the machinery to tag it for destruction.

The company has a program called Kymera Cares, an effort that allows employees to give back, volunteer, and fundraise for organizations helping local communities throughout the greater Boston area as well as patients and their support systems.

The FDA has granted fast track designation to KT-333 for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) and relapsed/refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL).

Kymera Therapeutics has received fast track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for KT-333 to treat Relapsed/Refractory (R/R) Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma (CTCL) and Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma (PTCL).