An Iongen Therapeutics Co. Ltd. patent reports transient receptor potential vanilloid 3 (TRPV3) receptor antagonists that are potentially useful for the treatment of acne, diabetes, anxiety, gastrointestinal, inflammatory and respiratory disorders, neurodegeneration and obesity, among others.
Scinai Immunotherapeutics Ltd. has reported successful in vivo preclinical study results for its anti-IL-17A/F VHH antibody fragment (NanoAb) as a local intralesional biological treatment for mild to moderate plaque psoriasis. The NanoAb targets the two isoforms of the cytokine IL-17 (A and F) implicated in plaque psoriasis.
AI-focused medical diagnostics company Spectral AI Inc. is collaborating with burn wound therapy company Polynovo Ltd. to test limited deployment of Spectral’s Deepview system for predicting burn healing in Australia.
Sanofi SA has synthesized interleukin-17A (IL-17A)/interleukin-17 receptor A (IL-17RA) interaction inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (ankylosing spondylitis), multiple sclerosis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, atopic dermatitis and systemic lupus erythematosus, among others.
Alumis Inc. began trading (NASDAQ:ALMS) earlier this morning, with the company’s IPO debuting at $16 per share to raise $210 million, with another $40 million coming through a concurrent private placement at the same price. That was the lower end of its previously announced price range, which had stretched as high as $18 per share.
Concerto Bioscience Inc. has received FDA clearance of its IND application to initiate a first-in-human phase I trial of Ensemble No.2 (ENS-002), an investigational live biotherapeutic product to treat atopic dermatitis.
Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc. has submitted an IND application to the FDA for MRT-6160, a highly selective and orally bioavailable molecular glue degrader directed against VAV1 in development for systemic and neurological autoimmune diseases.
A Leo Pharma A/S patent describes new interleukin-17 (IL-17) modulators reported to be useful for the treatment of psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (ankylosing spondylitis), among other diseases.
The U.S. FDA has approved the NDA for Sofdra (sofpironium) for treating excessive underarm sweating from Botanix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. The approval was based on two pivotal phase III studies and is approved for those ages 9 and older.
Cerevel Therapeutics Inc. and Pfizer Inc. have jointly developed azaindole compounds acting as phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, diabetes, sepsis, autoimmune disease, cystic fibrosis and inflammatory bowel disease, among others.