CSPC Zhongnuo Pharmaceutical (Shijiazhuang) Co. Ltd. has described glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer’s disease, overweight and nonalcoholic or metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (NASH/MASH).
Jiangsu Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Hansoh Biomedical Co. Ltd. have identified glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of diabetes, obesity and nonalcoholic or metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (NASH/MASH).
Researchers from MBX Biosciences Inc. presented preclinical data on MBX-4291, a prodrug developed as a long-acting GLP-1/GIP co-agonist through MBX’s proprietary Precision Endocrine Peptide (PEP) platform.
Septerna Inc. has announced its decision to discontinue a healthy volunteer phase I trial of SEP-786, an oral small-molecule agonist of the parathyroid hormone 1 receptor being developed for the treatment of hypoparathyroidism.
In a recent publication in Cell, researchers from the National University of Singapore and collaborators have proposed using commensal bacteria in the nasal cavity as a delivery vector for precision therapy targeting the OE and brain.
Junevity Inc. has raised $10 million in seed funding to support its work creating silencing RNA (siRNA) therapeutics to address metabolic and age-related diseases, including type 2 diabetes, obesity and frailty. The seed funding will be used to enhance the company’s RESET platform and develop its first therapeutic candidates in these indications.
Multiple sulfatase deficiency is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous loss-of-function mutations in the SUMF1 gene, which encodes formylglycine generating enzyme (FGE), which catalyzes the post-translational modification of all known 17 sulfatases.
Adrenomedullin, a hormone first identified in an adrenal medullary tumor, disrupts the effect of insulin on the endothelium of blood vessels, leading to insulin resistance linked to obesity and type 2 diabetes. The clue to this discovery lies in a molecular pathway that could be blocked to restore insulin function.
Researchers from Huazhong University of Science and Technology have described the potential use of RBM47 as a therapeutic target for thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy, an autoimmune disorder characterized by proptosis, lid swelling, diplopia and compressive optic neuropathy.
Fabry disease is an X-linked lysosomal storage disorder caused by a deficiency of the enzyme α-galactosidase A (GLA), which leads to complex multisystemic involvement, with the majority of patients developing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.