Kotobuki Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Astellas Pharma Inc. have described NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of neurodegeneration and inflammatory disorders.
Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc. has divulged dual-acting compounds consisting of a glucocorticoid moiety and a Rho kinase 1 (ROCK) inhibitor bound through a linker. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of eye disorders.
Suzhou Suncadia Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. and Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co. Ltd. have synthesized isoquinolone compounds acting as phosphodiesterase PDE3A and/or PDE4 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), sepsis, nephritis, diabetes, allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis and rheumatic diseases.
Medshine Discovery Inc. has disclosed derivatives of a six-membered heteroaromatic urea ring acting as soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) activators reported to be useful for the treatment of diabetic and hypertensive nephropathy.
Noncoding RNAs, such as long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), are important regulators and markers of cardiovascular diseases. Saphenous veins are frequently used in coronary artery bypass surgery, but about 50% of the saphenous vein grafts fail in the first 10 years after surgery due to neointima formation.
Male infertility affects approximately 20% to 70% of infertile couples mostly due to decreased sperm count, sperm motility and/or morphological abnormalities.
Researchers from Shasqi Inc. have reported the development of a new monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE)-based therapeutic, SQ-2270, within its proprietary CAPAC (Click Activated Protodrugs Against Cancer) platform for the treatment of cancer.
Researchers from Cerevel Therapeutics LLC presented data from a study that aimed to evaluate preclinical antipsychotic properties of M4 agonism while minimizing off-target side effects using novel muscarinic acetylcholine M4 receptor full and partial agonists, CV-0000042 (CVL-042) and CV-0000071, respectively.