Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Hengrui Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have disclosed fused heterocyclic compounds acting as receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 (RIPK1; RIP-1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and inflammatory disorders, among others.
Beijing Entaiwei Medicine Science Technology Co. Ltd. has described prodrugs of β-D-N4-hydroxycytidine reported to be useful for the treatment of viral infections.
Wigen Biomedicine Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has synthesized compounds acting as poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP; ARTD) inhibitors, preferably PARP-1, reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
The process of discovery is resource-consuming in any type of litigation, but this is especially the case for patent litigation due to the exceptional importance of attorney-client privilege in patent prosecution. However, a U.S. judicial advisory committee is considering a rewrite of the rules to ease some of this burden in a move that could cut both the expense and time consumed by patent litigation, a development that is sure to draw cheers from across the spectrum of innovators in the life sciences.
Jiangsu Tasly Diyi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has described Wee1-like protein kinase (Wee1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of inflammation, infection, cancer, and autoimmune disease.
Etern Biopharma (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has divulged transcriptional coactivator YAP1 and TAZ/transcriptional enhancer factor (TEAD) interaction inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Sichuan Haisco Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has identified phosphodiesterase PDE3 and phosphodiesterase PDE4 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.