Vyriad Inc. and Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd., the commercial arm of the Weizmann Institute of Science, have signed an exclusive license agreement for a novel viral vector targeting approach.
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. has announced a global licensing and collaboration agreement with Novartis AG for ARO-SNCA, Arrowhead’s preclinical stage siRNA therapy for the treatment of synucleinopathies such as Parkinson’s disease, and for additional targets.
Jynneos, a current vaccine against orthopoxviruses such as smallpox and mpox virus, elicits only modest antibody responses, highlighting the need to search for more immunogenic vaccines or treatments. The global outbreak of mpox virus infections in 2022 lent urgency to this challenge.
Shanghai Huilun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has described sodium channel protein type 10 subunit α (SCN10A; Nav1.8) blockers reported to be useful for the treatment of pain, multiple sclerosis, Charcot-Marie-tooth disease and arrhythmia.
Scientists at National University of Singapore and Agency for Science Technology & Research Bioprocessing Technology Institute have identified MAPK-interacting kinase (MNK) inhibitors, particularly MNK1 and MNK2 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) metastatic to the brain.
Nanjing Zenshine Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has synthesized phosphoric acid derivatives reported to be useful for the treatment of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection.
Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has disclosed compounds acting as Myt1 kinase (PKMYT1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a complication of diabetes and a leading cause of end-stage renal disease globally, with a rate of about 40% in patients with diabetes and limited access to therapeutic options.
The addition of photoisomerizable moieties in drugs opens the possibility of rapid and reversible light-dependent switching between an active and inactive form. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and the University of Barcelona have developed MRS-7787, a photoswitchable adenosine A3 receptor (A3R) agonist that controls A3R through topical skin irradiation.
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