Dewpoint Therapeutics Inc. has announced the selection of a development candidate for its TDP-43 program. The first-in-class small molecule is designed to correct disease-associated TDP-43 condensates, restoring normal TDP-43 function and addressing the core molecular pathology that drives neurodegeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and related diseases.

Shanghai Huilun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has described compounds acting as 5-HT2A receptor agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of depression.

Kangbaida (Sichuan) Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has disclosed pyroptosis and NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, type 1 diabetes, gout, inflammatory disorders, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, autoimmune diseases and Alzheimer’s disease.

Loqus23 Therapeutics Ltd. has nominated LQT-23, a first-in-class allosteric oral small-molecule inhibitor of MSH3/MutSβ, as a development candidate for Huntington’s disease.

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