Nikang Therapeutics Inc. has disclosed proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety coupled to a cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2)- and/or CDK4-targeting moiety through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.

Researchers at Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Suzhou Vigonvita Life Sciences Co. Ltd. have described NMDA receptor antagonists and/or monoamine transporter inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of neurological disorders.

Shanghai Apeiron Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has divulged protein arginine N-methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of brain metastatic cancer.

Université de Montréal has identified compounds acting as proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase Src (SRC; SRC1) and/or tyrosine-protein kinase Yes (YES1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, fibrosis and liver diseases.

Nanjing Synnocare Pharmaceutical Technology Co. Ltd. has synthesized prodrugs of kinesin-like protein KIF18A inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.

Captor Therapeutics Inc. has disclosed molecular glue degraders comprising a cereblon (CRBN) binding moiety acting as serine/threonine-protein kinase Nek7 degradation inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Still’s disease, Behçet’s disease, familial Mediterranean fever, Alzheimer’s disease, pulmonary arterial hypertension and more.

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC has described compounds acting as GTPase KRAS inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.

Vanderbilt University has divulged muscarinic M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) reported to be useful for the treatment of pain, Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), tardive dyskinesia, Tourette syndrome, sleep disorders and cognitive disorders, among others.

Arrepath Inc. has identified UDP-2,3-diacylglucosamine hydrolase (LpxH) (bacterial) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of gram-negative bacterial infections.

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University, National Institutes of Health and University of Iowa have synthesized superstolide derivatives reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and viral infections.