Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC has synthesized viral replication inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus and metapneumovirus infections.
Prelude Therapeutics Inc. has disclosed phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase α (PI3Kα) (H1047R mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum and more.
The widespread need for cartilage repair may have bred optimism on the part of Spinalcyte LLC when it filed a related patent in 2014, but the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has affirmed a rejection of the patent due to lack of enablement, an object lesson regarding the need for clarity in patent applications.
Sanofi SA has described Mas-related G-protein coupled receptor member X2 (MRGPRX2) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of allergy, pain, dermatological and inflammatory disorders.
University of Arizona has identified non-structural protein 3 (nsp3; PL-pro) (SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19 virus) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19).
SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has disclosed S-adenosylmethionine synthase isoform type-2 (Mat2A) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Jnana Therapeutics Inc. has described sodium-dependent neutral amino acid transporter B(0)AT1 (SLC6A19) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of diabetes, chronic kidney disease, nonalcoholic or metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (NASH/MASH), phenylketonuria, metabolic syndrome, obesity, neurodevelopmental disorders and autism spectrum disorders, among others.
Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. has divulged potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily KQT member 2/3 (KCNQ2/3) activators reported to be useful for the treatment of pain, anhedonia, depression and seizure disorders.