Merck KGaA has identified substituted bicycles acting as kinesin-like protein KIFC1 inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.

Abbvie Inc. has prepared and tested new antibody-drug conjugates comprising an antibody targeting seizure protein 6 homolog (SEZ6) covalently linked to DNA topoisomerase I inhibitors through a linker.

An Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. patent describes new complement C1s subcomponent (C1S) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of immune thrombocytopenia purpura, lupus nephritis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, Huntington’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, traumatic brain injury, and autoimmune hemolytic anemia, among others.

Cytokinetics Inc. has disclosed fast skeletal muscle myosin inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of Becker muscular dystrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injury, limb girdle muscular dystrophy, stroke, tendinitis and tremor, among others.

Jacobio Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has described GTPase KRAS (mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research has divulged naphthalene monoimide compounds acting as modulators of liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) of tau protein reported to be useful for the treatment of traumatic encephalopathy, progressive supranuclear palsy, tauopathies, frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

Hangzhou Highlightll Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has identified NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, inflammation, liver and metabolic disease, neuroinflammation, immunological, cardiovascular and renal disorders.

Jinyao Biotechnology (Tianjin) Co. Ltd. has synthesized glucocorticoid receptor (GR) agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of psoriasis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, rheumatoid arthritis, atopic dermatitis, eczema, allergic rhinitis and Crohn’s disease.

The H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute has described cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, inflammation and myotonic dystrophy type 1 disease.

Maze Therapeutics Inc. has divulged apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of chronic kidney disease, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, diabetic, hypertensive, HIV-associated nephropathy, lupus nephritis, pre-eclampsia and sepsis.