Work at Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry has led to the identification of new receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 (RIPK1; RIP-1) inhibitors. They are described as potentially useful for the treatment of ischemia-reperfusion injury, Parkinson’s disease, autoimmune diseases, glaucoma, traumatic brain injury, inflammatory disorders, bacterial infections and lysosomal storage diseases, among others.

In another cautionary tale of kicking all the tires before an acquisition, Pfizer Inc. agreed to a nearly $60 million settlement to resolve a whistleblower’s claims that Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co. Ltd. was paying kickbacks to induce prescriptions of its migraine drug ahead of Pfizer’s $11.6 billion acquisition of the company in October 2022.

Artivila (Shenzhen) Innovation Center Ltd. has identified NAD(+) hydrolase SARM1 (SAMD2; MyD88-5) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and peripheral neuropathy.

Researchers at Viva Star Biosciences (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. and Viva Star Biosciences (US) Inc. have described NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome, multiple sclerosis, atherosclerosis, type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.

Tiziana Life Sciences Ltd., which is developing the intranasal fully human anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody foralumab for neurological indications, has reported results from studies using a nasal anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody in traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI).