Current treatments for Alzheimer’s disease have limited effects. While they can slow cognitive decline or alleviate symptoms, they do not reverse this complex neurodegenerative condition caused by multiple factors. Researchers from the Gladstone Institutes and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have screened FDA-approved drugs in search of agents that could potentially modify the disease.
Lung cancer is the most frequent cause of cancer-related death in both men and women worldwide. Current treatments can fail because of variable responses in different types of patients, drug resistance, poor tumor penetration and systemic toxicity, prompting the continuing search for better therapeutics.
Innocare Pharma Ltd. has obtained IND approval from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to initiate a clinical trial of the B7-H3 targeted antibody-drug conjugate.
Merck KGaA has synthesized transcriptional coactivator YAP1/transcriptional enhancer factor (TEAD) and/or TAZ/TEAD interaction inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Scientists at GT Apeiron Therapeutics and Shanghai Apeiron Biotechnology Co. Ltd. have divulged protein arginine N-methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Haisco Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has identified new proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase binding ligand coupled to probable global transcription activator SNF2L2 (SMARCA2; BAF190B; SNF2-α)-targeting agent through a linker acting as SMARCA2 degradation inducers and thus reported to be useful for the treatment of lung cancer.
Wuhan Humanwell Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has described heterocyclic compounds acting as transcriptional enhancer factor (TEAD) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Evopoint Biosciences Co. Ltd. has disclosed proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase binding moiety coupled to an Aurora kinase A (AURKA; ARK1)-targeting moiety through a linker potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
