Endometriosis has been woefully under-recognized in the medical community, and consequently, the delay between onset and diagnosis is often quite long, with some women waiting up to 12 years for a diagnosis. Endometriosis affects about 10% of women, and about 190 million women worldwide live with endometriosis. Read More

Recurrence rates and acquired treatment resistance in colorectal cancer have been linked to colorectal cancer stem cells, which are a subpopulation of slowly dividing cells within the tumor environment. Read More

Eli Lilly & Co. has elected to pursue the development of therapeutics against two validated drug targets for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) from its collaboration with Verge Analytics Inc. (dba Verge Genomics). Read More

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic cardiovascular disorder with around 85% of people with HCM remaining undiagnosed. There are no treatments approved for nonobstructive HCM (nHCM) to date. Read More

DAN-222 is a polymeric nanoparticle covalently conjugated with the topoisomerase I inhibitor camptothecin, which has previously demonstrated promising clinical activity in heavily pretreated patients with breast cancer (NCT05261269). Read More

Astrazeneca plc has developed a potent oral fibroblast activation protein (FAP) inhibitor, AZD-2389, that avoids the cleavage of FGF21 and α2-AP. AZD-2389 was tested in cynomolgus monkeys with diet-induced MASH. Read More

Aeovian Pharmaceuticals Inc. has prepared tricyclic fused imidazole compounds acting as ADP-ribosyl cyclase/cyclic ADP-ribose hydrolase 1 (CD38) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of neurodegeneration, inflammation, fibrosis, systemic scleroderma and more. Read More

Sangamo Therapeutics Inc. has received IND clearance from the FDA for ST-503, an investigational epigenetic regulator for the treatment of intractable pain due to idiopathic small fiber neuropathy (iSFN). Read More

Ractigen Therapeutics Co. Ltd.’s RAG-21, a novel siRNA therapy targeting the FUS gene, has been awarded orphan drug designation by the FDA for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Read More

A joint Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology and Novartis AG patent describes antiviral 1,3-di-oxo-indene compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, hepatitis A, viral infection, myocarditis, myositis and pancreatitis, among others. Read More

Jiangsu Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Hansoh Biomedical Co. Ltd. have synthesized salts of complement factor B (CFB) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of allergy, asthma, age-related macular degeneration, inflammatory disorders, stroke, Parkinson’s, Crohn’s diseases and hepatic fibrosis, among others. Read More

Epigenic Therapeutics Inc. has received clinical trial application (CTA) approval from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority (Medsafe) and the Health and Disability Ethics Committees (HDEC) to initiate a clinical trial for EPI-003, an investigational, liver-targeting antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Read More

Shanghai Synergy Pharmaceutical Sciences Co. Ltd. and Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. have patented C-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CCR4) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases and inflammatory disorders. Read More

Work at Horizon Omics Biotech Ltd. has led to the identification of quinolone derivatives reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases, viral, bacterial and fungal infections. Read More

A team from Nanjing Leads Biolabs Co. Ltd. presented the discovery and preclinical characterization of LBL-042, a novel bispecific antibody designed to simultaneously target PD-1 and LILRB1/2, with the aim of improving immune evasion of tumor microenvironment and potentially overcoming resistance to immuno-oncology therapy. Read More

Changchun Genescience Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has reported GSC-000829, a novel and selective FGFR2/FGFR3 inhibitor being developed for the potential treatment of cancer. Read More