Nico Therapeutics Inc. has described NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease [MASLD]).

Shanghai Huilun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has synthesized proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase binding moiety coupled to an interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 4 (IRAK-4)-targeting moiety through a linker.

Unogen Biotech Ltd. has identified triple inhibitors of EGFR (HER1; erbB1), ALK tyrosine kinase receptor and hepatocyte growth factor receptor (HGFR; MET) reported to be useful for the treatment of (non-small-cell) lung cancer.

Suzhou Puhe Biopharma Co. Ltd. has disclosed histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) inhibitors acting as REST Corepressor 1 (RCOR1; CoREST)/histone deacetylase (HDAC) complex inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.

Spiromacrocyclic compounds acting as orexin OX2 receptor agonists have been described in an H. Lundbeck A/S patent and reported to be useful for the treatment of type 1 and type 2 narcolepsy.

AM Sciences Inc. has reported compounds acting as lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1 (LPAR1; EDG2) antagonists described as potentially useful for the treatment of fibrosis.

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC has patented new 5,6 saturated bicyclic heterocyles acting as NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of atherosclerosis, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), neuroinflammation, inflammatory skin, inflammatory joint and autoimmune disease, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, among others.

Biomea Fusion Inc. has prepared new fused pyrimidine compounds acting as menin (MEN1)/KMT2A (MLL) interaction inhibitors. They are reported to be potentially useful for the treatment of cancer, osteoporosis, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, type 1 and 2 diabetes.