Researchers at Shanghai Jingxin Biopharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Zhejiang Jingxin Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have divulged compounds acting as leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2; dardarin) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.
Aurigene Oncology Ltd. has identified proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase protein binding moiety covalently linked to probable global transcription activator SNF2L2 (SMARCA2; BAF190B; SNF2-α) and/or transcription activator BRG1 (SMARCA4; BAF190A; SNF2-β) binding moieties through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. has disclosed vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders, among others.
Scientists at Indiana University and Purdue Research Foundation have synthesized inositol polyphosphate-5-phosphatase D (SHIP-1; INPP5D) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease, vascular cognitive impairment, Lewy body dementia and frontotemporal dementia.
Patent litigation doesn’t always create outlandish damages awards but when it does, the outlandishness typically trends toward inordinately large sums. This was decidedly not the case in the Federal Circuit hearing in a patent lawsuit pitting Intuitive Surgical Inc., of Sunnyvale, Calif., against Rex Medical LP, of Conshohocken, Pa., given the damages awarded to Rex amounted to a mere $1.
John Squires, the recently anointed director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, has determined that a machine learning patent application met the standard for patent subject matter eligibility, an outcome that seems to bode well for ML-based patent applications going forward.
Suzhou Genhouse Bio Co. Ltd. has described histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, asthma, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, pulmonary fibrosis and psoriasis, among others.
Adlai Nortye Biopharma Co. Ltd. and Adlai Nortye Pte Ltd. have divulged cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, inflammatory disorders and autoimmune diseases.
Purdue Research Foundation has identified conjugates targeting asialoglycoprotein receptors (ASGR) that are comprised of a therapeutic or imaging agent. They are reported to be potentially useful for the diagnosis and/or treatment of nonalcoholic or metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (NASH/MASH).
Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has synthesized proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising a Von Hippel-Lindau disease tumor suppressor (VHL)-binding moiety covalently linked to a GTPase KRAS G12D mutant-targeting moiety through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.