After raising AU$16.75 million (US$10.4 million) in a series A round, Celosia Therapeutics Pty Ltd. is heading toward the clinic with its novel gene therapy that targets TDP-43, a protein directly linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) pathology. Read More
About four years after launch, Orna Therapeutics Inc. signed its second major deal, this time validating the lipid nanoparticle delivery technology it acquired through its Renagade Therapeutics Inc. buyout in May 2024, with Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. seeking next-generation approaches for hemoglobinopathies. Read More
Researchers from Gazi University and Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena presented the discovery and preclinical characterization of novel microsomal prostaglandin E2 synthase 1 (mPGES-1) inhibitors as potential anti-inflammatory and analgesic drug candidates. Read More
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. has obtained clearance from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to conduct clinical trials in China of SYH-2059 tablets for interstitial lung disease, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and progressive pulmonary fibrosis. Read More
A €20 million (US$20.6 million) series A financing round at Neumirna Therapeutics ApS is set to support the company’s development of RNA therapies for epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease and other neurological disorders, and enable the company to advance its lead asset into the clinic. Read More
Nimbus Therapeutics LLC has disclosed 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of alopecia, muscle atrophy and more. Read More
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.’s antibody-drug conjugate SYS-6045 has been granted clearance by China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to enter clinical trials. Read More
Interline Therapeutics Inc. has synthesized receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 2 (RIPK2; RIP-2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Read More
Atai Life Sciences has identified monoamine transporter modulators reported to be useful for the treatment of post-traumatic stress, eating disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Read More
Neuroinflammation is a key feature of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome has been associated with the pathogenesis of AD, therefore, targeting NLRP3 may help reduce neuroinflammation and slow down the progression of AD. Read More
Scientists at Beigene Ltd. and Beigene Switzerland GmbH have divulged serine/threonine-protein kinase SIK inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Read More
Fetal/neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) is a bleeding disorder caused by maternal alloantibodies against fetal platelets during pregnancy. Read More
Immune checkpoint blockade is one of the major advances in cancer treatment in recent years. However, the majority of immune checkpoints are embedded in the cell membrane and this fact represents a limitation for targeted degradation using proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs). Read More
Yuhan Corp. has described pyrimidine/pyridine derivatives acting as mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 1 (MAP4K1; HPK1; MEKKK1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer. Read More
