Kazia Therapeutics Expands Oncology Platform with First-in-Class SETDB1 Inhibitor Drug Development Platform

“SETDB1 represents a compelling emerging target in oncology,” said Dr. John Friend, CEO of Kazia Therapeutics. “With this acquisition, we are extending our strategy to target how cancer controls its own behavior by addressing immune resistance at the chromatin level, one of the earliest layers of tumor immune regulation, alongside transcriptional reprogramming with paxalisib and targeted protein degradation with our PD-L1 platform. Together, these programs position Kazia’s pipeline to address cancer therapy across multiple layers of tumor biology.

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