Spiromacrocyclic compounds acting as orexin OX2 receptor agonists have been described in an H. Lundbeck A/S patent and reported to be useful for the treatment of type 1 and type 2 narcolepsy.
Bristol Myers Squibb Co. has identified new substituted oxazolone protein-nucleic acid degraders acting as DNA-binding protein Ikaros (IKZF1) and zinc finger protein Helios (IKZF2), Aiolos (IKZF3) and Eos (IKZF4) degradation inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
AM Sciences Inc. has reported compounds acting as lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1 (LPAR1; EDG2) antagonists described as potentially useful for the treatment of fibrosis.
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC has patented new 5,6 saturated bicyclic heterocyles acting as NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of atherosclerosis, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), neuroinflammation, inflammatory skin, inflammatory joint and autoimmune disease, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, among others.
Biomea Fusion Inc. has prepared new fused pyrimidine compounds acting as menin (MEN1)/KMT2A (MLL) interaction inhibitors. They are reported to be potentially useful for the treatment of cancer, osteoporosis, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, type 1 and 2 diabetes.
Prostatic-specific antigen (PSA) is commonly used as a screening tool for prostate cancer but presents limited sensitivity and specificity. Therefore, research efforts are focused on searching for novel noninvasive diagnostic biomarkers.
c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs) have been proposed as therapeutic targets in multiple pathologies, including cancer, inflammation and neuronal and metabolic diseases. SP-600125 is one of the first-generation reversible ATP-competitive inhibitors of JNK1/2/3 and has shown anticancer potential against leukemia, lung adenocarcinoma and pancreatic cancer, among others.
Hoth Therapeutics Inc. has entered into an exclusive patent license agreement with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), providing Hoth with exclusive rights to a jointly owned patent portfolio co-developed by the VA and Emory University.