A Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC patent details new GTPase KRAS and its G12C, G12D, G12V and/or G13D mutant inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
The Research Foundation of State University of New York and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have jointly developed prazole-based compounds acting as H+/K+-ATPase inhibitors and thus reported to be useful for the treatment of viral infections.
Arrepath Inc. has patented new UDP-2,3-diacylglucosamine hydrolase (LpxH) (bacterial) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of gram-negative bacterial infections.
Planting seed money and “wishing” is not enough to claim “irreparable harm” to secure a preliminary injunction or to establish the standing required to appeal a patent board decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled May 7 in two decisions involving Incyte Corp. and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Finding that a lower court went too far with an injunction that ignores the Hatch-Waxman safe harbor protections for drug development, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals LLC a win of sorts.
Shenzhen Hujia Technology Co. Ltd. has described retinol derivatives acting as nitric oxide (NO) production inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of acne, aging, skin inflammation and skin hyperpigmentation.
Northridge Health Group (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd. has divulged proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase binding moiety covalently linked to a tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 2 (PTPN2; TCPTP)/PTP1B-targeting moiety via a linker.
Teijin Pharma Ltd. has identified crystalline forms of oxazepine derivatives acting as orexin OX2 receptor agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of narcolepsy, hypersomnia and sleep apnea.
Suven Life Sciences Ltd. has synthesized muscarinic M4 receptor positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) reported to be useful for the treatment of pain, psychiatric disorders and neurological disorders.
Neuboron Medtech Research Institute Ltd. has disclosed boron-containing lipoic acid derivatives and vesicle forms acting as boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) agents reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.