Having rolled out less-than-stellar phase II data with oral TYK2 inhibitor VTX-958 in moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, Ventyx Biosciences Inc. faces Wall Street speculation regarding the odds for the ongoing effort in Crohn’s disease (CD), due for an interim analysis in the first quarter of next year.
Alumis Inc. has patented non-receptor tyrosine-protein kinase TYK2 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, neurological, autoimmune, inflammatory and endocrine disorders.
Shanghai Zhigen Pharmaceutical Technology Co Ltd. has divulged nonreceptor tyrosine-protein kinase TYK2 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of inflammation and autoimmune diseases.
Atomwise Inc. has nominated a development candidate focused on TYK2 inhibition, discovered by leveraging its proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) drug discovery platform, Atomnet.
Chengdu Scimount Pharmatech Co. Ltd. has disclosed non-receptor tyrosine-protein kinase TYK2 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune, inflammatory, bone, cardiovascular, metabolic, neurological and respiratory disorders.
Ennovabio (Zhejiang) Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Ennova Biopharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have described 5-membered and 6-membered heterocyclic compounds acting as non-receptor tyrosine-protein kinase TYK2 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, viral infection, transplant rejection, cardiovascular and inflammatory disorders, and autoimmune, myeloproliferative and metabolic diseases.
Medshine Discovery Inc. has synthesized nonreceptor tyrosine-protein kinase TYK2 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease and systemic lupus erythematosus.
Pharmablock Sciences (Nanjing) Inc. has divulged non-receptor tyrosine-protein kinase TYK2 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of inflammation and autoimmune disease.
Sotyktu (deucravacitinib), the tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor for psoriasis from Bristol Myers Squibb Co., is “a good first-in-class” drug, said Nimbus Therapeutics LLC CEO Jeb Keiper, but his firm may have the best in class, ready for phase III trials. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. apparently believes so. The company has agreed to pay $4 billion up front and pledge as much as $2 billion more in potential milestone payments to acquire Nimbus’s wholly owned subsidiary, Nimbus Lakshmi Inc., thereby bringing aboard the TYK2 prospect called NDI-034858.
Bristol Myers Squibb Co. has identified nonreceptor tyrosine-protein kinase TYK2 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica and optic neuritis.
