News & Updates

Updates, press releases, and news on our work on GB-13.

New Publication Highlights GB13 as a Promising Therapeutic Strategy for DIPG

A new study demonstrating the potential of GB13 as an effective treatment strategy for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) has been published in Nature Communications Biology. Titled “Radiotherapy plus neoadjuvant…

Penn State advances pediatric cancer research through new targeted therapy collaboration

Targepeutics Receives Rare Pediatric Disease Designation for GB13

Targepeutics Inc is proud to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Pediatric Rare Disease Designation (RPDD) for its investigational immunotoxin therapy, GB13 (IL13-E13K-PE4E). This breakthrough…

Focused Ultrasound Foundation Supports Preclinical Study

The Focused Ultrasound (FUS) Foundation has awarded funding to support the Preclinical Brain Project Focused Ultrasound Promotes Blood-Brain Barrier Opening and Delivery of GB13 to Pediatric High-Grade Gliomas. The collaborative…

Targepeutics Joins the ‘Help and Hope Happens Here’ Podcast

Sil Lutkewitte, Chief Executive Officer, and Randy Schrecengost, Chief Scientific Officer, at Targepeutics had the opportunity to join Mark Levine as guests on his podcast ‘ Help and Hope Happen…

Targepeutics Presenting Data at 29th Annual Meeting of the Society of Neuro-Oncology (SNO)

Targepeutics is presenting the latest preclinical data related to ongoing development of the novel immunotoxin, GB13, for the treatment of GBM.  This data will presented as a poster presentation during…

Collaborative Grant with PSU Department of Neurosurgery Awarded

Penn State University College of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery and Targepeutics are pleased to announce that they have been awarded a W.W. Smith Charitable Trust Medical grant.  This grant will…

Targepeutics to Present Latest DMG and GBM Data at Society for NeuroOncology Annual Meeting

Targepeutics is presenting the latest efficacy data related to treatment of GBM and DMG tumors with the novel immunotoxin, GB13. This data is presented as a poster presentation during the…

Targepeutics Announces Phase I SBIR Grant to Support GB-13 Development

Targepeutics announces a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant awarded to Dr Randy Schrecengost as Primary Investigator to support preliminary data demonstrating that GB13 can specifically target IL13Rα2-positive…

GB13 Clinical Trial Presented at International Conference

A poster presentation, entitled LOCO-REGIONAL INFUSION OF GB-13 (IL13.E13K-PE4E) AS A POTENTIALLY PROMISING TREATMENT FOR RECURRENT HIGH-GRADE GLIOMA is presented at the SNO 2022 Annual Clinical Trials and Brain Metastases…