Ewha Womans University has identified new imidazopyridine or imidazopyrazine derivatives acting as Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disease.

Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. has disclosed new proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety covalently linked to a steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1)-targeting moiety. They are reported to be potentially useful for the treatment of primary aldosteronism, Cushing syndrome and cancer.

Hangzhou Innogate Pharma Co. Ltd. and Innorace Biopharma Co. Ltd. have synthesized new peroxisome proliferator activated receptor γ (PPARγ) inverse agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.

Shanghai Qilu Pharmaceutical Research and Development Centre Ltd. has patented new probable global transcription activator SNF2L2 (SMARCA2; BAF190B; SNF2-α) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.

Omass Therapeutics Ltd. has described new melanocortin MC2 receptor antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Cushing syndrome, depression, ectopic ACTH syndrome, polycystic ovary syndrome and septic shock.

Suven Life Sciences Ltd. has disclosed new 2-amino-pyrimidine derivatives acting as muscarinic M4 receptor positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) reported to be useful for the treatment of pain, sleep disorders, depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease.

Treeline Biosciences Inc. has synthesized new proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety covalently linked to transcriptional enhancer factor TEF (TEAD)-targeting moiety potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.

Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has discovered new lanosterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of Candidal infection and aspergillosis.

Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have disclosed 4-aminoquinoline inhibitors of the autophagy-lysosomal pathway (ALP) intended for the treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Work at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG has led to the synthesis of pyrazolo[5,1-f][1,2,4]triazin-4-ones acting as NADPH oxidase 4 (NOX4) inhibitors. As such, they are described as potentially useful for the treatment of liver disease, portal hypertension, viral infection, cancer, interstitial lung diseases, retinopathy, inflammation and fibrosis.