Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC has patented new 5,6 saturated bicyclic heterocyles acting as NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of atherosclerosis, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), neuroinflammation, inflammatory skin, inflammatory joint and autoimmune disease, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, among others.
Kaken Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) have entered into a license agreement for the global development, manufacturing and commercialization of a STAT6 program for autoimmune and allergic diseases, including atopic dermatitis (AD), developed by Kaken.
Researchers from Nanjing University and Peking University presented the discovery and preclinical characterization of novel NLRP3 inhibitors as potential therapeutic candidates for the treatment of gout.
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC has divulged 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 disease, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, among others.
Deepcure Inc. has discovered potent, selective oral small-molecule inhibitors of STAT6. These next-generation STAT6 inhibitors have demonstrated promising oral bioavailability, cell permeability and metabolic stability, and do not target STAT6 for degradation.
Researchers from Atyr Pharma Inc. presented preclinical efficacy data of ATYR-0101, a potential therapeutic biologic based on a domain appended to aspartyl-tRNA synthetase (DARS) in models of lung and kidney fibrosis. By targeting latent-transforming growth factor beta-binding protein 1 (LTBP-1), ATYR-0101 induced apoptosis in myofibroblasts which play a central role in fibrosis and tissue remodeling.
Promise Bio Ltd. emerged from stealth with $8.3 million in seed investment for its precision medicine platform, which addresses immune-mediated diseases. The funding will be used to accelerate the development of the company’s technology that analyzes proteins and their post-translational modifications to predict the treatment responses of patients with immune-mediated diseases.
Relation Therapeutics Ltd. has delivered the first commercial validation of its combined wet lab/in silico platform for homing in on disease-related genes in the thick of the genome, signing two collaboration agreements with GSK plc, with a potential value of $200 million per target.
Recludix Pharma Inc. has divulged proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising cereblon (CRBN) ligands coupled to a signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) targeting moiety via a linker acting as STAT3 degradation inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory disorders.