Trio Medicines Ltd. has described β2-adrenoceptor (ADRB2) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, cerebral cavernous malformations, chronic heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, migraine and asthma.
Addex Pharma SA has divulged metabotropic glutamate mGlu7 receptor negative allosteric modulators reported to be useful for the treatment of pain, ear disorders and neurological disorders.
Genescience Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has identified melanocortin MC4 receptor antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of cachexia, anorexia nervosa, nausea and vomiting, sarcopenia, neuropathic pain, post-traumatic stress disorder and muscle and bone disorders.
Researchers at Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen University and University of Arizona have synthesized proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase binding moiety covalently linked to a DYRK1A and/or DYRK1B and/or DYRK2 and/or DYRK3 and/or CLK1 and/or CLK2 and/or CLK3 and/or CLK4 and/or HASPIN targeting moiety through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, viral infection, diabetes, inflammatory disorders, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s and autoimmune diseases, among others.
The overexpression of choline-kinase alpha (CKα) promotes aberrant choline metabolism in epithelial ovarian cancer, thus increasing phosphocholine- and total choline-containing compounds. Previous findings had shown that silencing CKα impacted cell proliferation, migration and invasion, and CKα was hypothesized to be a potential new therapeutic target for ovarian cancer.
Enveda Biosciences (Enveda Therapeutics Inc.) has announced a new series B2 financing round of $55 million. The drug discovery and development company uses artificial intelligence (AI)-powered technologies to translate nature into new medicines.
Zymeworks Inc. has obtained IND clearance from the FDA for ZW-171, a novel T-cell targeting bispecific antibody for mesothelin (MSLN)-expressing cancers. Clinical development will begin this year, and additional applications will be filed in the second half of the year seeking trial clearances in other territories.
The immune cell restricted guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) and scaffolding protein VAV1 plays a key role in mediating T-cell receptor (TCR) and B-cell receptor (BCR) activity and signaling.