The U.K. government has published a road map for phasing out animal testing in life sciences research and announced £75 million (US$98.6 million) for work to develop nonanimal models, leaving scientists concerned because they say, in many cases, there can never be meaningful alternatives to using live animals.
Hangzhou Zhongmei Huadong Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has described E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase CBL-B (CBLB) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Shenzhen Zhongge Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has divulged cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme, mitochondrial (CYP11A1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Beijing Infinite Intelligence Pharmaceutical Technology Co. Ltd. and Suzhou Fish-Summoning Biotechnology Co. Ltd. have identified compounds acting as Bcr-Abl (Bcr-Abl1) kinase inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, viral infections and neurological disorders.
Shanghai Leadingtac Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has synthesized proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety covalently linked to a GTPase KRAS (G12D mutant)-targeting moiety via a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Shanghai Innoxtal Therapeutics Co. Ltd. has disclosed sodium channel protein type 10 subunit α (SCN10A; Nav1.8) blockers reported to be useful for the treatment of pain, arrhythmia and urinary incontinence.
Evopoint Biosciences Co. Ltd. has obtained clinical trial clearance in China for XNW-34017, an oral protein degrader that targets Aurora kinase A (AURKA) while simultaneously degrading MYC.
Researchers at Keimyung University and its medical school generated various candidate quinazolin-4-one derivatives, the most promising of which inhibited HDAC6 with an IC50 of 17 nM, 19-fold more strongly than it inhibited the off-target deacetylase HDAC1.
Researchers from Prospect Therapeutics Inc. have discovered PSTA-5204, a novel oral KRAS G12D(ON) inhibitor that exhibits potent in vitro activity, strong in vivo efficacy and high selectivity over wild-type KRAS.
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