Celgene Corp. has patented sphingosine 1-phosphate S1P5 receptor (EDG8) modulators reported to be useful for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis.
Bolt Biotherapeutics Inc. has designed new antibody-drug conjugates comprising humanized monoclonal antibody trastuzumab targeting HER2 covalently linked to thienoazepine derivatives acting as Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) and/or 8 (TLR8) agonists.
Avelos Therapeutics Inc. has discovered new substituted heterocyclic compound derivatives acting as serine/threonine-protein kinase greatwall (MASTL; GWL) inhibitors.
Several Grünenthal GmbH patents describe sodium channel protein type 10 subunit α (SCN10A; Nav1.8) blockers potentially useful for the treatment of pain.
Researchers from Southern Medical University and affiliated organizations assessed the molecular mechanisms behind TGF-β-induced fibrosis in ovarian endometrioma.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune demyelinating disorder in need of new treatment options. Inhibition of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase δ (PI3Kδ) pathway has shown efficacy in animals with experimental encephalomyelitis (EAE), a model of MS.
Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most predominant histologic type of ovarian cancer, with about 55% of patients at an advanced stage when diagnosed; overall survival remains poor.
Interius Biotherapeutics Inc. has been granted Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) approval and clinical trial notification clearance by Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to begin a first-in-human trial of INT-2104, its lead in vivo CAR candidate for treatment of B-cell malignancies.
Promoting α-synuclein (α-Syn) aggregate disassembly is one of the strategies to combat Parkinson’s disease (PD), the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s disease.