Recent Engrail Therapeutics Inc. patents describe new deuterated nemonapride analogues potentially useful for the treatment of depression and schizophrenia.

Novartis AG has synthesized new sodium channel protein type 5 subunit alpha (SCN5A; Nav1.5) blockers reported to be useful for the treatment of heart failure, long QT syndrome, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, angina pectoris, myotonia, ventricular tachycardia, atrial and ventricular fibrillation, among others.

Tyligand Bioscience Ltd. has prepared and tested tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 11 (PTPN11; PTP-2C; SHP-2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.

Omniamed Co. Ltd. and Pohang University of Science & Technology have patented compounds acting as nitric oxide (NO) scavengers and reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, allergy, obesity, myelofibrosis, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory, cardiovascular and neurological disorders, among others.

Nanjing Synnocare Pharmaceutical Technology Co. Ltd. and Tianjin Synnocare Biomedical Technology Co. Ltd. have jointly developed new N-myristoyltransferase 1 (NMT1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, malaria, leishmaniasis, rhinovirus and HIV infections.

Work at Aston University has led to the identification of tissue transglutaminase (TGM2) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of fibrosis, thrombosis, cancer, AIDS, inflammation, transplant rejection, neurodegenerative and autoimmune diseases, among others.

Exelixis Inc. has synthesized fused pyrazole derivatives acting as ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 1 (USP1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.

A University of California patent describes new inhibitors of GTPase KRAS, particularly KRAS G12D mutant, reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.

Insilico Medicine Inc. has disclosed substituted thiazole compounds acting as cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.

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.