Oncopia Therapeutics Inc. (dba Proteovant Therapeutics Inc.) and the University of Michigan have prepared and tested new protein cereblon (CRBN) ligands expected to be useful for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory disorders.
Muna Therapeutics ApS has disclosed new triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, type 2 diabetes, obesity, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, neurodegenerative and inflammatory bowel disease, among others.
A recent Vividion Therapeutics Inc. patent describes Werner syndrome ATP-dependent helicase (WRN; RECQ3; RECQL2) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
South Korea’s CU Medical Systems Inc. has applied for protection of a system that combines features of a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) device and an automatic external defibrillator (AED) and uses chest impedance measurements to optimize emergency treatment.
Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA has prepared azetidine derivatives acting as cathepsin C (dipeptidyl peptidase 1, DPP-1) inhibitors and reported to be useful for the treatment of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFBE), among others.
Dong-A ST Co. Ltd. has reported new eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α kinase 4 (GCN2) inhibitors as potentially useful for the treatment of cancer, infections, neurodegenerative and metabolic diseases.
NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors have been disclosed in a Kodiak Sciences Inc. patent and described as useful for the treatment of atherosclerosis, gout, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson diseases, multiple sclerosis and glaucoma.
Aligos Therapeutics Inc. and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven have jointly patented 3C-like proteinase (3CLpro; Mpro; nsp5) (SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19 virus) inhibitors for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19), middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection, norovirus and rhinovirus infections.
Research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. has led to the identification of new interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 4 (IRAK-4) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders.