Researchers at Repare Therapeutics Inc. have prepared and tested N-(5-substituted-[(1,3,4-thiadiazolyl) or (thiazolyl)]) (substituted) carboxamide compounds acting as DNA polymerase θ (POLQ) inhibitors and thus reported to be useful or the treatment of cancer.
Janssen R&D (Ireland) has described respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) inhibiting spiro-bearing derivatives reported to be potentially useful for the treatment of RSV infections.
Research at Nextgen Bioscience Co. Ltd. has led to the identification of ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase family member 2 (ENPP2; autotaxin) inhibitors.
A recent Hanmi Holdings Co. Ltd. patent describes 1-phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate 5-kinase (PIKfyve) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s disease.
Humanwell Healthcare (Group) Co. Ltd. researchers have prepared and tested AP2-associated protein kinase 1 (AAK1) inhibitors that are reported to be useful for the treatment of bipolar disorder, pain, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
Research at Beijing Scitech-Mq Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has led to the identification of inhibitors of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR; HER1; erbB1) and its mutants which are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. have patented benzodiazepine derivatives acting as GABA(A) receptor subunit α2β2γ1 positive allosteric modulators and reported to be useful for the treatment of neurological disorders.
Lysyl oxidase homologue 2 (LOXL2) inhibitors have been reported in a Yuhan Corp. patent as potentially useful for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), chronic kidney disease and cirrhosis.
Petra Pharma Corp. has patented phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase α (PI3Kα, PIK3CA) (H1047R mutant) allosteric inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, congenital lipomatous overgrowth, vascular malformations, epidermal naevi and skeletal abnormalities and PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum.