Seoul, South Korea-based Voinosis Co. Ltd. filed for potential worldwide protection of its AI-based system that allows for the early detection cognitive impairment, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and hearing loss through voice analysis.
Alphina Therapeutics Inc. has described nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAmPRTase; Nampt) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, and autoimmune, inflammatory and metabolic disorders.
Scientists at Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Hengrui Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have identified relaxin receptor 1 (RXFP1; LGR7) agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of heart failure, chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, fibrosis and inflammatory disorders.
Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd. has divulged azaindole compounds acting as mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma translocation protein 1 (MALT1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, spinal cord injury, Behçet’s disease, atopic dermatitis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, among others.