Zhejiang Jingke Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has disclosed new deuterated isoindoline compounds acting as sigma non-opioid intracellular receptor 1 (SIGMAR1) and sigma intracellular receptor 2 (TMEM97) ligands. They are described as potentially useful for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, dry macular degeneration, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
Bioarctic AB has entered into a research and collaboration agreement with Eli Lilly and Co. on a new treatment in the field of neurodegeneration. The collaboration will see Bioarctic generate a new drug candidate combining its Braintransporter technology with an undisclosed Lilly molecule.
Researchers from Alicorn Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Jiangsu Alicorn Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have disclosed crystalline salts of compounds acting as AP2-associated protein kinase 1 (AAK1) inhibitors that are potentially useful for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, bipolar disorder, Parkinson’s disease, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) and schizophrenia.
Insilico Medicine Inc. has identified sodium channel protein type 10 subunit α (SCN10A; Nav1.8) blockers that are potentially useful for the treatment of pain.
Alturos Therapeutics BV has advanced its lead candidate, ALT-0135, into IND-enabling studies. Alturos is targeting the earliest toxic triggers in Alzheimer’s disease, particularly protein oligomers that drive synaptic loss and neuronal death.
Saniona AB has presented preclinical data and its clinical development strategy for its lead clinical candidate, SAN-2668, which is a GABA-A receptor positive allosteric modulator under development for the treatment of severe pediatric epilepsies.
Cenna Biosciences Inc. has obtained IND clearance from the FDA for 8M2D, a first-in-class peptide for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. A phase Ia/Ib trial of 8M2D in healthy volunteers and patients with early Alzheimer’s disease is expected to begin dosing late this year.
HMNC Brain Health GmbH has raised $50 million in the first close of a series B, enabling the company to prepare the way for phase III trials of its two lead programs.
Another day, another about-face by the U.S. FDA on Uniqure NV’s Huntington’s disease gene therapy. But this latest shift brings good news for the company’s AMT-130, for which the FDA says three-year analysis data from the phase I/II study will be acceptable for an accelerated BLA filing, now expected to be submitted in the third quarter.
Ignis Therapeutics (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. has synthesized new tetrahydroisoquinoline compounds acting as dopamine D1 receptor positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) potentially useful for the treatment of apathy, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, dystonia, Alzheimer’s disease, neuropathic pain, psychosis and sleep disorder and among others.
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