Long Island University and Mount Sinai School of Medicine have jointly developed intermediate conductance KCa3.1 (IKCa1) channel blockers reported to be useful for the treatment of renal disorders.
Recent Vanderbilt University patents describe metabotropic glutamate mGlu5 receptor negative allosteric modulators reported to be useful for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Angelman syndrome, anxiety disorder, autism spectrum disorders, substance abuse and dependence, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and obesity, among others.
Medshine Discovery Inc. has prepared octahydropyrazinodiazanaphthyridine dione compounds acting as GTPase KRAS inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Acerand Therapeutics (Hong Kong) Ltd. has patented pyrimidine-containing dihydropyrazolone derivatives acting as Wee1-like protein kinase (Wee1) inhibitors and reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Research at Pardes Biosciences Inc. has led to the identification of cysteine protease inhibitors, particularly 3C-like proteinase (3CLpro, Mpro, nsp5; SARS-CoV-2) and Mpro (HCoV-229E virus) inhibitors, reported to be useful for the treatment of viral infections.
Prodrugs of G protein-coupled receptor GPR52 agonists have been reported in a recent Heptares Therapeutics Ltd. patent as potentially useful for the treatment of psychosis, among others.
Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG have jointly patented 3-phenoxyazetidin-1-yl-heteroaryl pyrrolidine derivative G protein-coupled receptor GPR52 agonists.
Suzhou Zion Pharma Technology Co. Ltd. has reported GTPase KRAS (G12C mutant) inhibitors described as potentially useful for the treatment of brain cancer.
Receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 (RIPK1; RIP-1) inhibitors have been reported in a Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry patent as potentially useful for the treatment of cancer, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, macular degeneration, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel and Alzheimer’s disease, among others.