Singularity Pharma Ltd. has divulged mitragynine analogues that are potentially useful for the treatment of postoperative pain, depression, opioid dependence, opioid withdrawal, inflammatory and psychiatric disorders.
Hinova Pharmaceuticals Inc. has synthesized prodrugs of orforglipron (a glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor [GLP-1R] agonist) for the potential treatment of diabetes, obesity, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, cerebral infarction, arthritis, polycystic ovary syndrome and Parkinson’s disease, among others.
Solve Therapeutics Inc. has identified antibody-drug conjugates comprising antibodies covalently bound to camptothecin derivatives through a cleavable linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Ever since Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. sued Eli Lilly and Co. several years ago, claiming Lilly’s migraine drug, Emgality (galcanezumab), infringed its headache treatment patents, the two companies have been on a litigation rollercoaster.
Neolaia Inc. has divulged new quinoline- and quinazoline-carboxamide derivatives acting as ADP-ribosyl cyclase/cyclic ADP-ribose hydrolase 1 (CD38) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of atherosclerosis, cancer, inflammation, obesity, Alzheimer’s, autoimmune, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.
Insilico Medicine Inc. has reported new NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of obesity, autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases.
The National Center of Neurology and Tokyo University of Science in Japan have jointly developed new μ-opioid receptor antagonists potentially useful for the treatment of opioid dependence.
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education Research (MFMER) and the University of Minnesota have disclosed new bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4; HUNK1) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer, inflammatory and cardiovascular disorders.