Zymeworks Inc. has received IND clearance from the FDA for ZW-191, the company’s novel folate receptor-α (FRα)-targeted topoisomerase I (TOPO1) inhibitor antibody-drug conjugate (ADC). Clinical development is set to begin this year, with filings to initiate studies outside the U.S. to be made in the second half of this year.
Many people living with HIV develop mild cognitive impairment and mood problems known as HIV-1-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND). The activation of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor may be a feasible strategy to treat this disorder, but associated psychoactive side effects restrict their potential.
Platycodin D (PD) is an oleanane-type triterpenoid saponin and one of the primary active substances isolated from the root of the Platycodon herb. Investigators from First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University and affiliated organizations studied the effects of PD on high-fat diet-induced obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (now called metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease or MASLD).
The 2024 meeting of the International AIDS Society (IAS), which is being held in Munich this week, began with the announcement of another curative bone marrow transplant. The new case brings the total number of patients cured of HIV via a bone marrow transplant up to 7 since “Berlin patient” Timothy Ray Brown became the first such person in 2007.
Hangzhou Zhongmei Huadong Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has described oxime-containing compounds acting as stimulator of interferon genes protein (STING; TMEM173) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, transplant rejection and neurodegeneration, among others.
Researchers at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) and Université Côte d'Azur have divulged amidinourea derivatives reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, in particular for BRAF inhibitor-resistant melanoma.
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC has identified compounds acting as NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of atherosclerosis, nonalcoholic or metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (NASH/MASH), neuroinflammation, inflammatory skin, inflammatory joint and autoimmune diseases, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, among others.
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