Auron Therapeutics Inc. has described proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising a cereblon (CRBN) E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety covalently linked to a histone acetyltransferase KAT2A and/or KAT2B (PCAF)-targeting moiety through a linker.
Artivila Biopharma has divulged azepine fused ring compounds acting as receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 (RIPK1; RIP-1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of coronary heart disease, inflammatory bowel disease, liver diseases, myocardial infarction, neurodegeneration, stroke, inflammatory disorders and renal disorders, among others.
Shanghai Huilun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has identified sodium channel protein type 10 subunit α (SCN10A; Nav1.8) blockers reported to be useful for the treatment of pain, multiple sclerosis, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, urinary incontinence, cough and arrhythmia.
Nutshell Biotech (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has synthesized macrocyclic compounds acting as CDK2/cyclin E1 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Vesper Bio ApS has disclosed sortilin (NT3; Gp95) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, hearing loss, inflammation, neurodegeneration, pain, and psychiatric, cardiovascular and renal disorders, among others.
Beam Therapeutics Inc. has received clearance of its clinical trial authorization (CTA) application by the U.K.’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency for BEAM-302, an in vivo base editor, as a potential treatment for patients with α1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD).
Atamyo Therapeutics SAS has received clinical trial application (CTA) authorizations in Italy and France for ATA-200, its gene therapy for the treatment of γ-sarcoglycan related limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2C/R5 (LGMD2C/R5).
Scientists at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found a new region in the c-Myc oncogene that would allow the development of a binding compound to target it. Their discovery is based on a structural switch that leads to open and closed conformations of the domain, allowing or not its interaction with a protein required for the oncogenic activity of c-Myc.
Researchers from Jinan University (Guangdong) and affiliated organizations reported new data detailing the discovery and preclinical characterization of novel fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 (FGFR4) inhibitors for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).