Jiangsu Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. researchers have developed prodrugs acting as apoptosis regulator Bcl-2 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, particularly chronic myeloid leukemia.

Research at Azcuris Co. Ltd. has led to the development of thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP)/cytokine receptor-like factor 2 (CRLF2; TSLPR) interaction inhibitors, which are reported to be useful for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), allergy, asthma, allergic rhinitis and chronic rhinosinusitis.

Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 1 (MAP4K1; HPK1; MEKKK1) inhibitors, reported to be potentially useful for the treatment of cancer, have been detailed in a patent from Ennovabio (Zhejiang) Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Ennova Biopharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. have described NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Kyung Hee University and ST Pharm Co. Ltd. have patented ergostenol derivatives described as potentially useful for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Macrocyclic compounds acting as induced myeloid leukemia cell differentiation protein Mcl-1 inhibitors have been reported in a Zeno Management Inc. patent. They are reported to be potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.

Research at Schroedinger Inc. has led to the development of son of sevenless homolog 1 (SOS1) and SOS1/GTPase KRAS (G12C mutant) interaction inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.

Orexin OX2 receptor agonists have been described in a recent Sumitomo Pharma Co. Ltd. patent as potentially useful for the treatment of hypersomnia, narcolepsy and sleep apnea, among others.

Pardes Biosciences Inc. has patented 3C-like proteinase (3CLpro; Mpro; nsp5) inhibitors (particularly HCoV-229E virus and/or SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors). They are reported to be potentially useful for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infections (COVID-19).

A recent Epigen Biosciences Inc. patent describes ribosomal protein S6 kinase β (p70S6K) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of diabetes, autism spectrum disorders, fibrosis, fragile X syndrome, liver diseases and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).