John Squires, the recently anointed director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, has determined that a machine learning (ML) patent application met the standard for patent subject matter eligibility, an outcome that seems to bode well for ML-based patent applications going forward.
Entasis Therapeutics Holdings Inc. has described mannan-binding lectin serine protease 2 (MASP2) and/or mannan-binding lectin serine protease 3 (MASP3) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of thrombotic microangiopathy, ischemia-reperfusion injury, disseminated intravascular coagulation, graft-versus-host disease, diffuse alveolar hemorrhage syndrome, and renal, eye and cardiovascular disorders, among others.
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. have divulged kinesin-like protein KIF18A inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Haisco Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has identified compounds acting as TNF-α/TNF receptor superfamily member 1A (TNFR1) interaction inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis.
CSPC Zhongqi Pharmaceutical Technology (Shijiazhuang) Co. Ltd. has synthesized prodrugs of deuterated baloxavir marboxil derivatives acting as cap-dependent endonuclease (CEN) (influenza virus) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of influenza viral infections.
Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has disclosed proteolysis targeting chimeric (PROTAC) compounds comprising cereblon (CRBN) ligands covalently bonded to a B-cell lymphoma 6 protein (BCL6)-targeting moiety through a linker.
Myrobalan Therapeutics Nanjing Co. Ltd. has divulged uracil nucleotide/cysteinyl leukotriene receptor (GPR17; P2Y-like) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.
Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical Research Institute Co. Ltd. and Suzhou Kelun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have identified carboxylic acid ester compounds reported to be useful for anesthesia.