The bad news keeps piling up for Sage Therapeutics Inc. Having absorbed other study stumbles in the past few months, the company now has halted development of dalzanemdor in treating Huntington’s disease after top-line phase II data showed it missed a statistically significant difference compared to placebo on the primary endpoint.

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.

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).

Verge Analytics Inc. (dba Verge Genomics) has prepared and tested new hydrazone and pyrazole 3H-imidazo(4,5-b)pyridine compounds acting as 1-phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate 5-kinase (PIKfyve) inhibitors.

Neurogene Inc.’s stock sank 43% on news that its phase I/II gene therapy, NGN-401, resulted in a serious adverse event in a pediatric Rett syndrome patient receiving the highest dose.

Kallyope Inc. has identified new tachykinin NK3 receptor antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of migraine.

Novel macrocyclic heteroaryl derivatives acting as non-receptor tyrosine-protein kinase TYK2 and/or JAK1 and/or JAK2 inhibitors have been reported in a Hangzhou Highlightll Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. patent.