Sunshine Lake Pharma has synthesized amide pyrrole compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of liver cancer, cirrhosis and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.
Apeloa Pharmaceutical and Hangzhou Apeloa Medicine Research Institute have described new N-(benzoyl)-phenylalanine compounds acting as integrin alpha4beta7 (LPAM-1) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.
Secretion of gastric acid is tightly controlled by the neuroendocrine system of the stomach, formed by an interconnected network of nerves and different hormone-producing cell types, particularly G cells that release the hormone gastrin.
GentiBio announced that it has entered into a collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb to develop new engineered regulatory T cell (Treg) therapies to re-establish immune tolerance and repair tissue in patients living with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).
Prometheus Biosciences Inc.’s stock-boosting news July 26 put more investor eyes on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), where the company during its R&D Day revealed the target of PRA-052, the clinical candidate that emerged from the program known as PR-600. PRA-052 takes aim at the CD30 ligand, which acts as a co-stimulatory molecule to drive T-cell proliferation and differentiation.
Bristol Myers Squibb Co. has agreed to pay up to $1.9 billion plus royalties, plus an up-front payment of undisclosed value, for Gentibio Inc.’s expertise in engineered regulatory T cells (Tregs) to treat inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). The agreement follows soon after BMS’ $4.1 billion acquisition of cancer biotech Turning Point Therapeutics Inc., as well as an expansion of its oncology partnership with Bridgebio Pharma Inc. to the tune of $905 million.
Researchers at the Genome Institute of Singapore and affiliated organizations published results from a study that aimed to better understand the causes of pediatric syndrome with liver cirrhosis.
Beijing Erai Therapeutics has identified aminoheteroaryl compounds acting as mitochondrial brown fat uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) activators reported to be useful for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), diabetes and obesity.
The FDA has approved Eccogene's IND application to commence a phase I trial of the company's thyroid hormone receptor (THR) agonist ECC-4703 in the U.S.
Cambridge Enterprise and European Molecular Biology Laboratory have presented new peptides derived from full-length factor V (FV) protein acting as T-cell activation inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, type 1 diabetes, systemic lupus erythematosus, psoriasis, vasculitis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, vitiligo and lupus nephritis, among other disorders.
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