Albireo Ltd. has patented new benzothia(di)azepine compounds acting as ileal sodium/bile acid cotransporter (SLC10A2; IBAT; ASBT) and/or sodium-bile acid cotransporter (SLC10A1; NTCP) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of diabetes, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, liver and renal disorders.
Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic virtually locked down the U.S. government and society in general, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) is shedding the last vestiges of those days.
Shanghai Yuyao Biotech Ltd. has identified new signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
CSPC Baike (Shandong) Biopharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has patented new polycyclic compounds acting as glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD; MASLD).
Foresight Therapeutics (Hefei) Co. Ltd. has prepared and tested new cardiac myosin inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
CSPC Zhongnuo Pharmaceutical (Shijiazhuang) Co. Ltd. has reported new monoamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of depression, stroke, hypertension, obesity, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
Work at Suzhou Genhouse Bio Co. Ltd. has led to the identification of Werner syndrome ATP-dependent helicase (WRN; RECQ3; RECQL2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Serine/threonine-protein kinase NEK7 inhibitors are described in a recent Beijing Primegene Therapeutics Co. Ltd. patent. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of gout, osteoarthritis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, ulcerative colitis, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and cancer.