The EMA’s Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP) has issued a positive opinion recommending European orphan drug designation for Hemispherian AS’s GLIX-1 for the treatment of glioma.
Seyltx Inc. has entered into an option agreement with Neurop Inc. for a portfolio of novel GluN2B antagonists. The compounds include NP-10679, which has completed phase I, and seven preclinical candidates.
Scientists at Shanghai Tech University have used the scaffold-hopping artificial intelligence model Geminimol to identify N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor ligands that show selectivity and specificity. The researchers found that GM-10 could be a potent inhibitor of the GluN1/GluN3A subunits of the NMDA receptor, demonstrating the utility of this technique to develop new drugs.
Solvonis Therapeutics plc has completed synthesis of development candidates for its SVN-SDN-014 program, a novel series of serotonin, dopamine and noradrenaline modulators.
Immunoprecise Antibodies Ltd. has discovered a highly conserved epitope across all four dengue virus serotypes (DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3 and DENV-4) using its proprietary Lensai platform powered by its Hyft technology.
Aqilion AB has released promising results from new studies with molecules from the company’s lead series within the TAK1 program, demonstrating a strong disease-modifying effect in a well-established model of skin inflammation.
Casma Therapeutics Inc. has nominated its first development candidate, CSM-101, a first-in-class TRPML1 agonist. CSM-101 is being developed for the treatment of Gaucher’s disease patients with Parkinson’s disease, with the potential to expand into GBA-associated Parkinson’s disease and broader Parkinson’s disease populations.
Kumquat Biosciences Inc. has described compounds acting as GTPase KRAS wild-type and mutant inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
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