Biohaven Therapeutics Ltd. has divulged compounds targeting TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP43) reported to be useful for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, traumatic encephalopathy, sporadic inclusion body myositis, frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
Klotho Therapeutics Inc. has synthesized new histone deacetylase 8 (HDAC8) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease.
Wellstat Therapeutics Corp. has described compounds for co-delivery of uridine and ketoleucine with high bioavailability reported to be useful for the treatment of muscle atrophy, sarcopenia and cachexia.
Maze Therapeutics has patented apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of chronic kidney disease, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, HIV-associated nephropathy, lupus nephritis and sepsis.
GSK plc scientists seeking compounds with the potential to treat resistant tuberculosis infection identified a series of tetrazole agents using phenotypic screening against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Researchers at Northwestern University and COUR Pharmaceutical Development Company Inc. have shown that biodegradable carboxylated poly(D,L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanoparticles containing encapsulated Ag (tolerance-inducing microparticles [TIMPs] or COUR nanoparticles [CNPs]) are able to prevent and treat type 1 diabetes (T1D) induced by transfer of monospecific diabetogenic CD4 and CD8 transgenic T cells to NOD.scid mice.
Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase receptor Ret is a widely expressed oncogene and chromosomal rearrangements involving RET lead to fusion genes and RET kinase activation, which occur in lung cancer in about in 2% of cases of non-small cell lung cancer.
Nacuity Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Arctic Therapeutics LLC have entered into an exclusive licensing agreement and strategic partnership for the development and commercialization of NPI-001 (N-acetylcysteine amide, NACA) in Iceland for the treatment of hereditary cystatin C amyloid angiopathy (HCCAA).
Researchers from Stanford University have published an article on the discovery of novel analogues of ponatinib that retained antitumor efficacy with substantially reduced cardiotoxicity.