Breakthrough First-in-Class New drug MS-553

Joint developers: Mingsight/Mingsight Relin

MS-533 is a novel highly selective protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor that selectively inhibits PKC β, α, and θ, while having little effect on other isoforms such as PKC δ and others kinases.

PKC-β is one of the key links in the BCR pathway, and plays an important regulatory role in the activation, working, and proliferation of B cells.

5+indications

Cover4countries and regions

18+cities

Conduct trials in25+domestic and foreign clinical institutions

5 internationally renowned academic centers

20+renowned domestic medical institutions

High selectivity and efficiency in targeting
High selectivity and efficiency in targeting
First-in-Class New Drug
First-in-Class New Drug
Diversified indications
Diversified indications
Collaborating with global and domestic authoritative academic institutions to conduct phase I/II clinical trials
Collaborating with global and domestic authoritative academic institutions to conduct phase I/II clinical trials

High selectivity and efficiency in targeting

Breaking through poor selectivity in previous generation of protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitors, MS-533 has high selectivity and is significantly superior to previous generation ones in terms of safety, pharmacokinetic characteristics, and therapeutic efficacy, which is the only inhibitor of B cells receptor signaling pathway (BCR) that can target multiple drug-resistant variants on BTK and PLCG2.

The target of MS-553 is PKCβ, located in downstream of BTK and PLCG2, which is a key kinase of regulatory of this pathway.

Congeneric products like BTK inhibitors may lead to resistance mutations in BTK (C481) and PLCG2, even LOXO-305, a third-generation BTK inhibitor, led to novel resistance variants in BTK+PLCγ2.

First-in-Class New Drug

First-in-Class series of novel protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitors

Posses global exclusivity right, introduced from a major American pharmaceutical company

Innovative chemical structure

Selected as the 12th Five-Year Plan of the National Major Scientific and Technological Special Project for "Significant New Drugs Innovation and Development〞. (Project number: 2013ZX09102003)

Diversified indications

As Pipeline in a Product that can be developed along multiple routes for the treatment of cancer, various eye diseases, autoimmune diseases, and others. 
The following indications have been approved for clinical trials:

Diabetic retinopathy

Preliminary results from clinical trials of oral treatment for diabetic macular edema demonstrate a clear therapeutic effect and the potential to become the first non-invasive and highly effective treatment for macular edema 

Rheumatoid arthritis

Systemic lupus erythematosus

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia

B-cell lymphoma

Collaborating with global and domestic authoritative academic institutions to conduct phase I/II clinical trials

Clinical trials in frontline and refractory/recurrent chronic lymphocytic leukemia have validated the drug's effectiveness, it’s expected to become a potential new generation B-cell receptor inhibitor after BTK inhibitors

The phase I clinical trial of 116 healthy individuals was completed at three clinical trails centers in the United States, Australia, and Hong Kong, China: the drug demonstrated excellent safety and pharmacokinetic data

The CLL trial is conducted at five internationally renowned centers in the United States, led by Ohio State University (OSU):

Ohio State University (OSU), Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, University of Michigan, Columbia University, and Cancer Center at the University of Texas (MD Anderson)

Clinical progress of various indications

Therapeutic Areas

Indications

Pre-Clinical

IND Clinical Approval

Clinical Phase Ia

Clinical Phase Ⅰb

Clinical Phase Ⅱ

Ophthalmology

Diabetic Retinopathy

Autoimmune Diseases

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Autoimmune Diseases

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Tumors

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Tumors

B-Cell Lymphoma

Global clinical trials conducted in collaboration with partners;                    Clinical trials registered and conducted in China.

Project Management Team

Co-founder of Mingsight

Zhang Kai

Zhang Kai

MD, MBA, CEO

Over twenty years of experience in innovative drug research and development management and strategic development;

Former business leader of multiple investigational drug core teams at Boehringer Ingelheim

Michael Niesman

Michael Niesman

PhD, CSO

Over thirty years of experience in innovative drug research and development;

Former global leader in Pfizer's ophthalmic research;

Former member of Pfizer's Global Medicines Research and Development Leadership Committee