Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has synthesized molecular glue compounds targeting protein cereblon (CRBN) acting as CRBN/target protein interaction inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.

Norcantharidin is an active ingredient in Chinese traditional medicine that has activity against several cancer types, but its application is limited in the clinic due to toxicity and a narrow treatment window. Researchers from Tongji University and the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica have recently described a derivative of norcantharidin – DCZ-5417 – for the potential treatment of multiple myeloma (MM).

Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has described sodium channel protein type 10 subunit α (SCN10A; Nav1.8) blockers reported to be useful for the treatment of pain.

Amide compounds acting as sodium channel protein type 10 subunit α (SCN10A; Nav1.8) blockers reported to be useful for the treatment of pain, arthritis, pruritus, asthma, multiple sclerosis, arrhythmia, heart failure and epilepsy, among others.

Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has synthesized mast/stem cell growth factor receptor Kit (KIT; c-KIT; CD117) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory and neurological disorders.

Researchers at Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have synthesized cucurbitacin B derivatives acting as NF-κB activation inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory disorders.

The Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has described androgen receptor antagonists and/or androgen receptor degradation inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, osteoporosis and SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19), as well as breast and castration-resistant prostate cancer.

China Pharmaceutical University and Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have patented benzimidazole compounds acting as ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase family member 1 (ENPP1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, infections, autoimmune disease and inflammatory disorders.

Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed nitrogenous heterocyclic compounds described as as receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 (RIPK1; RIP-1) inhibitors.