Chronic hepatitis B affects around 250 million people in the world and its cure remains elusive. At the 2023 European Association for the Study of the Liver Congress in Vienna, Austria, Emily Harrison of Precision Biosciences Inc. presented the company’s work on using a naturally occurring endonuclease in the development of its ARCUS gene editing approach to eradicating the persistent viral infection. Read More
Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. presented early results for two candidates for short bowel syndrome (SBS) and hyperinsulinemia, two diseases with limited approved therapies, at the recent annual meeting of the Endocrine Society (ENDO 2023) in Chicago. Read More
Dong-A ST Co. Ltd.’s DA-1726 is a novel oxyntomodulin analogue and balanced glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R)/glucagon receptor (GCGR) dual agonist under investigation for the treatment of obesity. Read More
Larkspur Biosciences Inc. recently published findings uncovering a role for B cells in antitumor immunity, and highlighting TIM-1 as a targetable checkpoint protein central to B-cell antitumor activity. Read More
Convelo Therapeutics Inc. and Genentech Inc. have disclosed 3-β-hydroxysteroid-δ(8),δ(7)-isomerase (EBP) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, encephalomyelitis, optic neuritis, schizophrenia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease, among others. Read More
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are chronic inflammatory liver diseases. It is known that one of the cell signaling molecules overexpressed in the liver during inflammation is IL-18, which is also a marker of hepatocyte injury and liver steatosis. Read More
Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc. has synthesized spirocyclic compounds acting as 3C-like proteinase (3CLpro; Mpro; nsp5) (SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19 virus) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of coronavirus acute respiratory syndrome. Read More
Immunophage Biomedical Co. Ltd. has identified ADP-ribosyl cyclase/cyclic ADP-ribose hydrolase 1 (CD38) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, neurodegeneration, and inflammatory, autoimmune and metabolic disorders. Read More
Investigators from Foresee Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd., Medical University of Vienna and Cleveland Clinic recently reported data on the effects of the matrix metalloproteinase-12 (MMP-12) inhibitor FP-020 in a mouse model of cardiac sarcoidosis in which chronic activation of mTORC1 signaling in myeloid cells causes spontaneous cardiac sarcoid-like granulomas. Read More
Abbisko Therapeutics Co. Ltd. has divulged pyrazole derivatives acting as protein arginine N-methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Incyte Corp. has described bicyclic amine compounds acting as cyclin-dependent kinase 12 (CDK12) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
Current treatments for Graves’ hyperthyroidism (GH) and Graves’ orbitopathy (GO) are ineffective. Researchers assessed the preclinical in vitro efficacy of SYD-5115 (Byondis BV), a novel low-molecular-weight thyrotropin receptor (TSH-R) antagonist. The compound comprises an N-acetylated dihydropyrrole pyrimidine core with various substituents, including a difluorinated-spirocyclohexyl ring and a chiral carbamate group on the pyrimidine ring. Read More
