Institute of Rheological Function of Food Co. Ltd. and Kyushu University have synthesized plasmalogen derivatives reported to be useful for the treatment of dementia, Rett syndrome, Parkinson’s disease, depression and schizophrenia.
Shanghai Aryl Pharmtech Co. Ltd. and Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have described heterocyclic derivatives acting as GTPase KRAS (G12D mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
UT-Battelle LLC has divulged covalent nonstructural protein 3 (nsp3; PLpro) (SARS-CoV) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of coronavirus acute respiratory syndrome.
Courage Therapeutics Inc. and University of Michigan have synthesized peptides acting as melanocortin MC4 receptor (MC4R) agonists and/or MC3 receptor (MC3R) antagonist/partial agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of arthritis, depression, diabetes, hypertension, renal disorders and sleep apnea.
Janssen Pharmaceutica NV has disclosed 5-oxo-1,2,3,5,8,8a-hexahydroindolizine-3-carboxamide derivatives acting as coagulation factor XIa and plasma kallikrein (KLKB1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of thromboembolism, diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, septic shock, hereditary angioedema, arthritis, nephropathy and inflammatory disorders, among others.
While Moderna Inc. CEO Stéphane Bancel was the one on the hot seat at a March 22 hearing before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, biopharma profitability in general, and capitalism itself, came under fire as committee Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) railed about corporate greed in the sector.
Shanghai Visonpharma Co. Ltd. has described Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) and/or TLR8 antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, lupus nephritis, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic scleroderma (systemic sclerosis), Sjogren syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus.