Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC and Peloton Therapeutics Inc. have described transcriptional coactivator YAP1/transcriptional enhancer factor (TEAD) interaction inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
A recent Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC patent details new substituted isoquinoline derivatives acting as tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 1 (PTPN1; PTP-1B) and/or PTPN2 (TCPTP) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC has prepared and tested triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and neurodegeneration.
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC has identified NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of atherosclerosis, nonalcoholic or metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (NASH/MASH), neuroinflammation, inflammatory skin, inflammatory joint and autoimmune diseases, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, among others.
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC has identified compounds acting as potassium/sodium hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channel 1 (HCN1) and/or 2 (HCN2) blockers reported to be useful for the treatment of neuropathic pain, tinnitus, psychiatric and neurological disorders.
A Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC patent details new GTPase KRAS and its G12C, G12D, G12V and/or G13D mutant inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Phase I/II trial results of sacituzumab tirumotecan (sac-TMT; Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical Co. Ltd.) published in Nature Medicine came a month after China’s National Medical Products Administration gave clearance to Kelun-Biotech’s supplemental NDA of sac-TMT to treat advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC has synthesized viral replication inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus and metapneumovirus infections.