Japanese researchers from Chiba University are spearheading new research into Peace of Mind Co. Ltd.’s portable Angel Touch device (AT-04), approved for neurological disorders, to treat endometriosis-related pain.
Agenebio Inc. has identified benzodiazepine derivatives acting as GABA(A) receptor subunits α5β3γ2 (GABRA5) positive allosteric modulators reported to be useful for the treatment of mild cognitive impairment, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress, autism, substance abuse and dependence, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, among others.
In a new study, researchers from Harvard Medical School and Regulus Therapeutics Inc. further investigated the role of miR-155 in Alzheimer's disease (AD).
The activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome exacerbates neuronal dysfunction in several neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, as well as multiple sclerosis. Targeting NLRP3 is an approach to overcome brain inflammation, among others.
In cell and animal models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the expression of toxic dipeptides in neurons led to changes in the extracellular matrix (ECM) as a protective response. The authors wrote that their findings, which appeared in Nature Neuroscience on Feb. 29, 2024, could suggest new strategies for how to approach ALS.
With early phase II trial data from Cognition Therapeutics Inc.’s lead candidate, CT-1812, for Alzheimer’s disease expected in mid-2024, the firm is hoping to raise $11.5 million from an underwritten public offering of about 6.6 million shares, priced at $1.75 each.
It’s the end of the development line for Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s main asset, pimavanserin. The company said it won’t conduct any more clinical studies on the selective serotonin inverse agonist and antagonist targeting 5-HT2A receptors after a phase III fail in schizophrenia.
Sosei Group Corp. is getting €25 million (US$27.3 million) up front in a global collaboration and option-to-license deal with Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH aimed at developing GPR52 agonists, a new target for schizophrenia designed to potentially address positive, negative and cognitive symptoms at the same time.
Researchers at the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research and RIKEN have disclosed tankyrase 1 (TNKS1; PARP5A) and/or TNKS2 (PARP5B) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, metabolic disease, cartilage injury, multiple sclerosis, pulmonary fibrosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, herpes simplex virus and Epstein Barr virus infections.
The small-molecule steroid sulfatase (STS) inhibitor STX-64 (ONESTX-1, irosustat) previously showed a good safety and tolerability profile in several phase I and II clinical trials that evaluated the candidate for oncology indications.
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