Muscarinic M4 receptor positive allosteric modulators are detailed in an Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. patent. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, pain, schizophrenia, Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, psychosis and drug abuse and dependence.
Genep Inc. has prepared and tested Imidazole compounds acting as sodium channel protein type 8 subunit α (SCN8A; Nav1.6) blockers reported to be useful for the treatment of epilepsy.
Blossomhill Therapeutics Inc. has synthesized new indazole-based macrocyclic compounds acting as ALK tyrosine kinase receptor inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
Atai Therapeutics Inc. has patented new 5-HT2A receptor agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of substance abuse and dependence, treatment-resistant depression, major depression, anxiety, eating, obsessive-compulsive and stress disorder.
Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire de Lille, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, INSERM, Institut Pasteur de Lille and the University of Lille have prepared and tested new tricyclic spirolactam compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of tuberculosis.
Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists have been detailed in a Fortvita Biologics Inc. patent. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of arthritis, coronary heart diseases, dementia, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, inflammatory bowel diseases, obesity and substance abuse and dependence.
Nanjing Deheng Pharmaceutical Technology Co. Ltd. and Nanjing Delova Biotech Co. Ltd. have discovered new sodium channel protein type 10 subunit α (SCN10A; Nav1.8) blockers reported to be useful for the treatment of pain, cough and pruritus.
Ningbo Newbay Medical Technology Co. Ltd. has identified helicase bicycle amide derivatives acting as DNA polymerase θ (POLθ, POLQ) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Healzen Therapeutics Co. Ltd. has patented new proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety covalently linked to a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 1 (MAP4K1; HPK1; MEKKK1)-targeting moiety via a linker. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, hematological and autoimmune diseases.