Research at Reunion Neuroscience Inc. has led to the discovery of benzyltryptamine compounds acting as 5-HT2A receptor agonists. These compounds are reported to be useful for the treatment of depression, alcoholism, cocaine addiction, inflammation, cluster headache neurological and post-traumatic stress disorder.
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. have identified piperazinylsulfonylaryl compounds acting as UDP-2,3-diacylglucosamine hydrolase (LpxH) (bacterial) inhibitors.
Cancer Research Technology Ltd. and Merck KGaA have jointly patented tricyclic heterocycles acting as transcriptional coactivator YAP1/transcriptional enhancer factor (TEAD) interaction inhibitors.
At the recent ASPET meeting, University of Minnesota and University of Montana researchers presented data from studies to determine the ability of the Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) and TLR8 agonist INI-4001 to enhance the efficacy of the heroin vaccine M-sKLH for the treatment of opioid use disorder.
Pharmabcine Inc. has received IND approval from the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) to initiate a phase I trial of PMC-403 in Korea in subjects with neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Bioray Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s IND application for BRY-812, a novel antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) targeting human LIV-1 for the treatment of advanced malignant tumors, has been accepted by the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA).
Researchers from Kyungpook National University presented data from a study that aimed to investigate the endogenous mechanisms involved in granule cell dispersion (GCD) and its role in epileptic seizures in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE).
Antengene Corp. Ltd.'s Claudin 18.2 antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) ATG-022 has been granted two orphan drug designations consecutively by the FDA for the treatment of gastric cancer and pancreatic cancer.