TFF Pharmaceuticals Inc. has been awarded a Direct to Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to continue development of a novel, mucosal, multivariant influenza vaccine using the company’s thin film freezing (TFF) technology.
Current therapeutic options for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) are not effective for all patient subsets and, due to their lack of specificity, often provoke toxicity and off-target effects. CD8+ T cells are essential in the fight against viruses but in chronically HBV-infected patients, these cells become unproductive and difficult to detect. At the recent Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), Matteo Iannacone, professor of Pathology and Immunology from IRCCS San Raffaele in Milano, presented a novel interleukin 2 (IL-2)-based immunotherapy approach that used a modular cis-targeting platform to tackle HBV infection specifically in patients suffering from chronic viral infection.
Incyte Corp. has described bicyclic amine compounds acting as cyclin-dependent kinase 12 (CDK12) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Abbisko Therapeutics Co. Ltd. has divulged pyrazole derivatives acting as protein arginine N-methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Immunophage Biomedical Co. Ltd. has identified ADP-ribosyl cyclase/cyclic ADP-ribose hydrolase 1 (CD38) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, neurodegeneration, and inflammatory, autoimmune and metabolic disorders.
Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc. has synthesized spirocyclic compounds acting as 3C-like proteinase (3CLpro; Mpro; nsp5) (SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19 virus) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of coronavirus acute respiratory syndrome.
Convelo Therapeutics Inc. and Genentech Inc. have disclosed 3-β-hydroxysteroid-δ(8),δ(7)-isomerase (EBP) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, encephalomyelitis, optic neuritis, schizophrenia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease, among others.
Dong-A ST Co. Ltd.’s DA-1726 is a novel oxyntomodulin analogue and balanced glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R)/glucagon receptor (GCGR) dual agonist under investigation for the treatment of obesity.
Current treatments for Graves’ hyperthyroidism (GH) and Graves’ orbitopathy (GO) are ineffective. Researchers assessed the preclinical in vitro efficacy of SYD-5115 (Byondis BV), a novel low-molecular-weight thyrotropin receptor (TSH-R) antagonist. The compound comprises an N-acetylated dihydropyrrole pyrimidine core with various substituents, including a difluorinated-spirocyclohexyl ring and a chiral carbamate group on the pyrimidine ring.
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