Research led by investigators at Ghent University in Belgium showed dysregulation of the complement part of the immune system, regulated by the pro-inflammatory protein interleukin (IL)-6, is a key driver of severe COVID-19 and a good target for drugs to treat the effects of the disease. Writing in the Aug. 23, 2023, issue of Science Translational Medicine, the researchers also described a cellular map of the alterations seen in the complement system during COVID-19 related respiratory deterioration for use in future research.
Beijing Entaiwei Medicine Science Technology Co. Ltd. has described prodrugs of β-D-N4-hydroxycytidine reported to be useful for the treatment of viral infections.
Wigen Biomedicine Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has synthesized compounds acting as poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP; ARTD) inhibitors, preferably PARP-1, reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Verismo Therapeutics Inc. has entered into a licensing agreement with the University of Pennsylvania for worldwide exclusive rights for two newly discovered anti-CD19 binders, the result of a sponsored research agreement between the two parties.
Thymidylate synthase (TS) is an enzyme essential for DNA synthesis and cell proliferation and is a potential oncoprotein itself. Consequently, TS is considered a molecular target for malignant tumors.
Exavir Therapeutics Inc. has received a US$3 million award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a division of the National Institutes of Health, to support the development of XVIR-110.
Akava Therapeutics Inc. has announced FDA clearance of its IND application for AKV-9 (formerly NU-9) for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The company is planning a first-in-human phase I study in healthy subjects.
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