Westlake Pharmaceutical (Hangzhou) Co. Ltd. has prepared and tested new 3C-like proteinase (3CLpro; Mpro; nsp5) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of coronavirus acute respiratory syndrome.
Wigen Biomedicine Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has synthesized new poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1; ARTD1) inhibitors potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has patented eponemycin analogues acting as proteasome inhibitors and thus potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
Work at Hepaitech (Beijing) Biopharma Technology Co. Ltd. has led to the identification of Mas-related G-protein coupled receptor member X4 (MRGPRX4; SNSR5; SNSR6) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of anemia, fungal infections, HIV infections, renal disorders, liver diseases, psoriasis, pruritus and urticaria, among others.
A Nettargets Inc. patent describes histone-lysine N-methyltransferase SETDB1 (KIAA0067, KMT1E) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
IgA nephropathy is the most common primary glomerulonephritis and contributes to kidney failure. Growing evidence exists that the overactivation of the lectin pathway contributes to the pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy.
The inhibition of hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1 (HPK1), predominantly expressed in immune cells, has proven effective in reducing tumor growth across cancer immune response modulation.
Modified vaccinia Ankara immunization in nonhuman primate models of lethal mpox virus infection, although effective to some extent, has been linked to breakthrough lesions and throat swab viremia.
Data from preclinical studies conducted to evaluate the activity of NKT-3964, a first-in-class, orally bioavailable CDK2-selective PROTAC degrader being developed for the potential treatment of cancer, were reported by Nikang Therapeutics Inc.
SOS1 is a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) that activates KRAS, and recent preclinical studies have demonstrated that combining KRAS and EGFR inhibitors with SOS1 inhibitors can overcome resistance and achieve durable responses.