Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has disclosed monoacylglycerol lipase ABHD6 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, pain, neurological, inflammatory, autoimmune and metabolic diseases.
Acerand Therapeutics (USA) Ltd. has discovered new son of sevenless homologue 1 (SOS1)/GTPase KRAS (G12D mutant) interaction inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Nimbus Saturn Inc. has presented mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 1 (MAP4K1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and viral infections.
Blueprint Medicines Corp. has synthesized new diazepanone-fused pyrimidines acting as epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) (mutant) and/or HER2 (mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, atherosclerosis, eczema and psoriasis.
Protagonist Therapeutics Inc. has disclosed hepcidin mimetic conjugates acting as solute carrier family 40 member 1 (SLC40A1, ferroportin) ligands with extended half-life and stability.
Expanding its mandate to accelerate access to essential medicines to people in low- and middle-income countries, the Medicines Patent Pool signed its first voluntary licensing agreement for a cancer treatment, Novartis AG’s Tasigna (nilotinib).
Compounds acting as AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activators and prostaglandin G/H synthase 2 (PTGS2; COX2) inhibitors have been reported by Nanjing Shupeng Lifescience to be useful for the treatment of pain and inflammatory disorders, among others.
Shanghai Jemincare Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. and Jiangxi Jemincare Group Co. Ltd. have patented compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of fungal infections.
Haisco Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has described protein arginine N-methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Hainan Sparkle Therapeutics Co. Ltd. has disclosed fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.