Ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase family member 2 (ENPP2; autotaxin) inhibitors have been reported by Shanghai Jemincare Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. to be potentially useful for the treatment of cancer, fibrosis, inflammation, pain, neurodegeneration, autoimmune, metabolic and cardiovascular disorders, among others.
Several Lario Therapeutics Ltd. patents describe new voltage-dependent R-type calcium channel subunit α-1E (Cav2.3) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of neurodegeneration, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, cerebral vasospasm, pain, CDKL5 deficiency, endocrine and neurodevelopmental disorders, among others.
Kallyope Inc. patent details new AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activators reported to be useful for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, allergy, cancer, depression, nutrition disorders, obesity, psoriasis and ulcerative colitis, among others.
Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Hengrui Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have patented proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising cereblon (CRBN) ligands coupled to an androgen receptor targeting moiety via linker.
Researchers at Origenis GmbH have patented pyrazolotriazine derivatives acting as inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK), particularly CDK2 and CDK9.
The University of Sydney has patented P2X7 receptor antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of stroke, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, atherosclerosis, diabetic retinopathy and myocardial infarction, among others.
New isoindolines acting as mismatch repair endonuclease PMS2 inhibitors have been reported in a Neophore Ltd. patent as useful for the treatment of cancer.