Hangzhou Innogate Pharma Co. Ltd. and Innorace Biopharma Co. Ltd. have patented new Mas-related G-protein coupled receptor member X2 (MRGPRX2) antagonists designed for use in the treatment of atopic dermatitis, irritable bowel syndrome, metabolic syndrome, migraine, pain, neuropathic pain, rheumatoid arthritis and urticaria, among others.
GSK plc will pay Frontier Biotechnologies Inc. $40 million up front and up to $963 million in milestone payments to license two of Frontier’s small interfering RNA-based assets in the field of immunology.
Dice Alpha Inc. has disclosed interleukin-17A (IL-17A) inhibitors designed for use in the treatment of psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and more.
Salt-inducible kinase 2 (SIK2) is a serine/threonine kinase that regulates transcriptional programs in myeloid cells by phosphorylating transcriptional coregulators. In macrophages, SIK2 promotes the expression of proinflammatory cytokines and contributes to the balance between inflammatory and regulatory responses. Researchers from Nimbus Therapeutics LLC presented the preclinical efficacy of NTX-147, a SIK2 selective inhibitor, in ex vivo models of ulcerative colitis (UC).
Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd. has acquired an exclusive license for a preclinical small-molecule program from Sitryx Therapeutics Ltd. The program offers a novel oral immunometabolic approach to modulating disease-driving immune cells with potential for multiple autoimmune and inflammatory disease indications.
GSK plc will pay Frontier Biotechnologies Inc. $40 million up front and up to $963 million in milestone payments to license two of Frontier’s small interfering RNA-based assets in the field of immunology.
Haisco Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has synthesized new cyclic peptides acting as interleukin-23 receptor (IL-23R) antagonists potentially useful for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease and psoriasis.
Researchers from Shanghai Ailux Biotechnology Co. Ltd. have disclosed preclinical data regarding their humanized bispecific antibody ALX-001 targeting TL1A and IL-23 for the potential treatment of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs).
Hangzhou Innogate Pharma Co. Ltd. has reported cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (MB21D1; cGAS) inhibitors. They are described as useful for the treatment of Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis, myocardial infarction and Parkinson’s disease, among others.
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