Haisco Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has discovered sodium channel protein type 10 subunit α (SCN10A; Nav1.8) blockers reported to be useful for the treatment of pain.
Jiangsu Mingsheng Jutai Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has patented β-catenin (CTNNB1)/BCL9 interaction inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and fibrosis.
Scientists at Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH have made the ketohexokinase (KHK) inhibitor BI-9787 freely available as a tool compound via the company’s Opnme program.
GSK plc and Flagship Pioneering Inc. have entered a collaboration to discover and develop a portfolio of therapeutics and vaccines for respiratory and immunology indications.
DeepSA, an edit-based generative framework that utilizes deep simulated annealing (SA), was used to develop novel local anesthetics with multiple activities. Researchers from Sichuan University applied DeepSA to generate over 400 analogs of the local anesthetic articaine.
Researchers from Northeast Normal University in Changchun demonstrated that compound AW-01178 reversed the abnormal regulation of E-cadherin by inhibiting the class I HDAC enzyme.
Researchers from University of Tsukuba published data from a study designed to identify novel biomarkers for predicting treatment responses to nivolumab plus ipilimumab combination therapy.
Parvus Therapeutics Inc.'s PVT-201 has received orphan drug status from the U.S. FDA for the treatment of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), an autoimmune disease of the liver.