Aria Pharmaceuticals Inc. has synthesized compounds acting as caspase-1 (IL-1β-converting enzyme) and pyroptosis inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of alopecia, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, chronic kidney disease, duodenal ulcer, hepatitis B, osteoarthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and uveitis, among others.
West China Hospital of Sichuan University has disclosed piperidine derivatives acting as μ-opioid receptor agonists and sigma non-opioid intracellular receptor 1 (SIGMAR1) antagonists.
Sernova Corp. has announced that its hemophilia A program, combining the Sernova Cell Pouch with a patient’s own cells corrected for the production of factor VIII (FVIII), has been awarded U.S. orphan drug and rare pediatric disease designations.
Researchers from Seoul National University presented results of preclinical evaluation of a new TNF-α/OX40L bispecific antibody, IMB-101, being developed for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Ethris GmbH has received approval from the U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to proceed with a first-in-human trial of its inhaled mRNA program, ETH-47, in healthy participants for the treatment and prophylaxis of respiratory viral infections.
GPR139 is an orphan G protein-coupled receptor expressed in neurons of the mediobasal hypothalamus that has been proposed as a target for disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, alcohol addiction or schizophrenia, among others.
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.’s selective son of sevenless homolog 1 (SOS-1) inhibitor SYH-2038 has received clearance by China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to enter clinical trials in China.
In stroke, one of the events underlying neuronal injury is the interaction of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) with postsynaptic density protein 95 (PSD-95) leading to nitric oxide overproduction.
Anaptysbio Inc. has signed an exclusive license agreement for Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc’s blood dendritic cell antigen 2 (BDCA-2) modulator antibody portfolio, including lead asset CBS-004 (to be renamed ANB-101) and related family of backup antibodies, for the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
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