Rapt Therapeutics Inc. has described chemokine CCR4 receptor antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, allergic asthma, contact dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, immunological, inflammatory, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. has identified cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulators reported to be useful for the treatment of cystic fibrosis.
Blueprint Medicines Corp. has synthesized EGFR (HER1; erbB1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, particularly non-small-cell lung cancer.
Shenzhen Maxinovel Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has disclosed proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising a cereblon E3 ubiquitin ligase binding moiety covalently bonded to a Wee1-like protein kinase (Wee1)-targeting moiety through a linker.
Conncons GmbH filed for patent protection of its networked medical infusion systems. The connecting components of their infusion systems house sensors that can detect data associated with medications in drug reservoirs.
Pulkit Grover, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, reported a new approach for electrode placement that explicitly exploits the thresholding phenomenon of neurons to achieve significant gains in focal neural stimulation.
Prelude Therapeutics Inc. has described phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase α (PI3Kα) (His1047Arg mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and congenital lipomatous overgrowth, vascular malformations, epidermal naevi and skeletal abnormalities.
Denali Therapeutics Inc. has divulged NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, asthma, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), multiple sclerosis (MS), experimental autoimmune encephalitis, type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis, among others.
Nerviano Medical Sciences Srl has identified cyclin-dependent kinase 11A (CDK11A) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and immunological disorders.