Artificial intelligence (AI) drug discovery company Noetik Inc. has closed on an oversubscribed $40 million series A financing round. The company plans to use the money to expand its atlas of human cancer biology with its in vivo CRISPR platform to advance a pipeline of cancer therapeutics to the clinic. In describing its approach, the company said that making a genuine impact on drug discovery requires computational capabilities to understand and simulate disease biology at the patient level, identifying the right targets and matching them with the right therapies. Read More
In the search for more potent, safe and effective autophagy inhibitor compounds, researchers from the Wayne State University School of Medicine have developed novel piperazine- and piperidine-substituted quinoline derivatives GL-287 and GL-382, based on the quinoline scaffold of hydroxychloroquine. Read More
Acurastem Inc. has secured $4 million in grant funding from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to facilitate the development of its UNC13A program toward clinical trials for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Read More
Metagenomi Inc. has reported data from an ongoing preclinical study designed to provide evidence supporting the potential durability and safety of the company’s hemophilia A gene editing investigational therapy, MGX-001. Read More
Researchers at China Pharmaceutical University and Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have disclosed short transient receptor potential channel 5 (TRPC5) and/or short transient receptor potential channel 4 (TRPC4) ligands reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and more. Read More
Researchers from Bristol Myers Squibb Co. disclosed the structure and presented preclinical data for the dual inhibitor of diacylglycerol kinases (DGK) α and ζ, BMS-986408. Optimization of a DGK-α-selective hit led to the synthesis of dual DGK-α and -ζ inhibitors. Read More
In obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), the collapse of the upper airway at sleep onset leads to a decrease in blood oxygen levels, frequent arousals from sleep and consequently fatigue and daytime sleepiness. Read More
Skyline Therapeutics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.’s SKG-1108, a novel one-time intravitreally delivered gene therapy, has been awarded U.S. orphan drug designation for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa. Read More
Scientists at Bristol Myers Squibb Co. and Celgene Corp. have synthesized proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising a cereblon (CRBN) E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety coupled to a protein-targeting moiety through a linker. Read More
Researchers at Shanghai Jingxin Biopharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Zhejiang Jingxin Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have identified cyclohexane compounds acting as dopamine and/or 5-HT1A receptor ligands reported to be useful for the treatment of depression, schizophrenia, phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, cognitive disorders and bipolar disorder, among others. Read More
Thyroid hormone receptor-interacting protein 13 (TRIP13) is overexpressed in multiple myeloma (MM), where it is associated with progression and poor prognosis. Read More
Scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH and Medizinische Hochschule Hannover have divulged oxadiazole derivatives reported to be useful for the treatment of cytomegalovirus infections. Read More
Researchers from the National University of Singapore and affiliated organizations presented data from a study that investigated the potential of targeting chondroitin sulfate (CS) synthesis as a therapeutic strategy for ameliorating hyperplastic arterial remodeling. Read More
