Medshine Discovery Inc. has divulged azaspiro compounds acting as leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2; dardarin) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.
Betta Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has described hypoxia-inducible factor-2α (HIF-2α; EPAS1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of Von Hippel-Lindau disease, cancer, autoimmune disease and inflammatory disorders.
Research at Humanwell Healthcare (Group) Co. Ltd. has led to the development of heterocyclic 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase (15-PGDH) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of acute lung injury, diabetes, fibrosis, graft-vs.-host disease, heart failure, inflammatory bowel disease, alopecia and osteoporosis, among others.
Research at Simcere Zaiming Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has led to the development of polycyclic compounds acting as E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase CBL-B inhibitors and thus reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disease.