Prism Biolab Co. Ltd. has identified new 7-membered ring-fused compounds acting as Notch signaling inhibitors and reported to be potentially useful for the treatment of neuronal injury and neurodegenerative diseases.
Wading into the “muddied waters” of rounding the numbers used in a range claimed in two drug patents, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit refused to set a “bright line rule.” Instead, it tossed a lower court win for Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. against Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. and sent the case back to that court with instructions to consider the extrinsic evidence and its impact on the claim construction.
Substituted fluorinated N-propyl-pyrrolidine and n-propyl-azetidine compounds acting as estrogen receptor (ER) antagonists and selective estrogen receptor degradation (SERD) inducers have been reported in a Sanofi SA patent.
Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc. has patented heterocyclic compounds potentially useful for the treatment of metapneumovirus (MPV), influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections.
Merck KGaA scientists have identified new pyrido[3,2-d]pyrimidines acting as mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 1 (MAP4K1; HPK1; MEKKK1) inhibitors.
Bongenix LLC reported the issuing of its very first patent, in which a non-invasive bone stimulating method and device are described for treating injured or diseased bone tissue with electricity.
Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corp. has described histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, inflammation, neurodegeneration, autoimmune and neurological disorders.