Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has described 3,4-dihydroquinolin-2(1H)-one compounds acting as thyroid-stimulating hormone (thyrotropin) receptor (TSHR) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of hyperthyroidism, Graves’ disease and thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy.
Jiangsu Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Hansoh Biomedical Co. Ltd. have synthesized fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and achondroplasia.
Novel nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) positive allosteric modulators (N-PAMs) have been discovered and evaluated by University of Illinois and University of Arizona investigators.
One-third of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) present mutations in the FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) gene. Several first- and next-generation FLT3 inhibitors are currently being used in AML management, but there is a need for new options able to achieve complete and sustained FLT3 signaling suppression.
To combat trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis, researchers from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and collaborators conducted a study focusing on pteridine reductase 1 (PTR1), a catalytic protein crucial to the folate metabolic pathway in Trypanosomatid parasites.