Insilico Medicine Inc. has synthesized fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) and/or FGFR3 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Shandong New Time Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has disclosed compounds acting as Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.
Atavistik Bio Inc. has nominated an orally bioavailable selective allosteric AKT1 E17K inhibitor, ATV-1601, as a development candidate for AKT1 E17K-driven cancers.
Molecure SA has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Ocean Biomedical Inc. for the development and commercialization of a selective YKL-40 inhibitor program, including the lead molecule OAT-3912.
Recent decades have brought advances in pharmacological therapies for treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but their sustained efficacy is still not enough, and developing novel therapies is an unmet medical need for this condition.
Isomab Ltd. has nominated ISM-001 as a development candidate for peripheral arterial disease. ISM-001 is a potential first-in-class therapeutic antibody designed to neutralize VEGF-A165b, the anti-angiogenic VEGF-A splice isoform that acts as a brake on development of new blood vessels leading to chronic limb threatening ischemia.
The reticulon 4 (Nogo) family, which is located in the endoplasmic reticulum, consists of several members including Nogo-A, Nogo-B and Nogo-C. Since previous studies have linked Nogo-B to multiple metabolic processes, researchers from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and affiliated organizations investigated the role of Nogo-B in cholesterol metabolism and related metabolic diseases.
In a recent presentation, researchers from the Medical University of Lodz have aimed to investigate the therapeutic potential of simultaneously targeting axin and cannabinoid receptors (CBs) with KYA-1797K and WIN-55212-2 in colorectal cancer (CRC) cell lines SW480 and Caco-2.
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an antibody-mediated chronic neuromuscular disorder leading to fluctuating weakness and early muscle fatigue, with limited treatment options available. In MG, such as other autoimmune diseases, the main pathogenic autoantibody involved is the immunoglobulin G (IgG) isotype.