Researchers at Viva Star Biosciences (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. and Viva Star Biosciences (US) Inc. have described NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome, multiple sclerosis, atherosclerosis, type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.