Gilead Sciences Inc. has patented 4'-Thionucleoside analogues acting as viral replication inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of HIV infection.
Radionetics Oncology Inc. has discovered drugs targeting follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) receptors reported to be useful for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
Translational Genomics Research Institute has found macrophage stimulating 1 receptor (MST1R; RON) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, osteoporosis and osteolysis.
Tocris Cookson Ltd., Helmholtz Zentrum fur Infektionsforschung GmbH and University of Lübeck have described proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising cereblon (CRBN) ligands covalently bonded to non-structural protein 3 (nsp3; PL-PRO) (SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19 virus) targeting moiety through linker reported to be useful for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19).
Just a few days after the U.S. Congressional Research Service issued a report suggesting ways Congress could resolve the unanswered questions about patent listings in the FDA’s Orange Book, the FTC sent a second round of warning letters to eight biopharma companies and their subsidiaries, citing the listing of device patents for combination products.
In what represents its first patenting, PBSF Inc. filed for protection of brain monitoring and neuroprotection strategies for infants at high risk on a large scale.