Several recent Janssen Pharmaceutica NV patents describe new NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, dementia, Huntington’s, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and motor neuron diseases.
Purdue Research Foundation has discovered compounds for inhibiting protein aggregation potentially useful for the treatment of wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis, type 2 diabetes, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and more.
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc. and Theras Inc. (dba Bridgebio Oncology Therapeutics) have described GTPase KRAS (G12C mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. has divulged compounds acting as NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of inflammation, major depression, multiple sclerosis, multiple system atrophy, schizophrenia, autoimmune disease, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, among others.
Disarm Therapeutics Inc. has identified NAD(+) hydrolase SARM1 (SAMD2; MyD88-5) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, diabetic neuropathy and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.
Mwyngil Therapeutics Inc. has synthesized compounds acting as NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of arthritis, nonalcoholic or metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (NASH/MASH), osteoporosis, hypertension, inflammation, SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19), autoimmune disease and Alzheimer’s disease, among others.
Oxford University Innovations Ltd. has divulged Egl nine homolog 1 (EGLN1; HPH-2; PHD2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of anemia, ischemia, cardiovascular disorders, inflammatory disorders, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic kidney disease, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease, among others.