In what represents the first patenting from Munich, Germany-based Meliodys Medical UG, its co-founder and chief executive officer Simone Sabbione describes their development of a hormone-free, local pain management approach for treating dysmenorrhea, which aims to address the condition while minimizing the occurrence of side effects.
Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology and Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology have jointly developed molecular glue degraders acting as zinc finger protein Helios (IKZF2) degradation inducers. They are described as potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
An Uppthera Inc. patent describes new proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety covalently linked to a serine/threonine-protein kinase PLK1 (STPK13)-targeting moiety; they are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and neurological disorders.
Bristol Myers Squibb Co. has prepared and tested new Substituted benzimidazole compounds acting as Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) antagonists. They are reported to be useful for the treatment of fibrosis, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), chronic kidney disease, cancer, primary sclerosing cholangitis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
Synnovation Therapeutics Inc. has patented phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase α (PI3K-α) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum and CLOVES syndrome (congenital lipomatous overgrowth, vascular malformations, epidermal naevi and skeletal abnormalities).
Hemoshear Therapeutics Inc. has identified new 3-((1,1-dioxido-2,3,4,5-tetrahydrobenzo[f][1,2,5]thiadiazepin-8-yl)oxy)-2-fluoroacrylic acid derivatives acting as sodium-bile acid cotransporter (SLC10A1; NTCP) inhibitors.
Nanjing Medical University and the Shanghai Institutes of Materia Medica and Nutrition & Health of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have prepared and tested 1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridone compounds acting as Jumonji domain-containing protein 1C (JMJD1C; TRIP-8) inhibitors. As such, they are described as potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
A patent from Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), McGill University and Sorbonne University discloses new acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of substance abuse and dependence, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, obesity, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease.
Work at Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has led to the discovery of new protein arginine N-methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Daegu-Gyeongbuk Medical Innovation Foundation and Provibio Co. Ltd. have identified new compounds described as potentially useful for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.