Dialectic Therapeutics Receives FDA Clearance of IND Application for for Its Lead Product Candidate To Treat Cancer

UF startup Dialectic Therapeutics, Inc., a Texas-based biotechnology company focused on creating innovative new technologies to treat cancer, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has concluded that Dialectic may proceed with its clinical investigation for its lead product candidate, DT2216, a unique compound built using its proprietary and novel Antiapoptotic Protein Targeted Degradation (APTaD) technology. In pre-clinical studies supported through a Seed Award from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), DT2216 selectively induces cancer cells to degrade B-cell lymphoma extra-large, or BCL-XL, stimulating the cells to commit suicide or become more susceptible to chemotherapy.