At the recent American College of Neuropsychopharmacology meeting, Trevena Inc. presented preclinical data for the novel selective sphingosine 1-phosphate S1P1 receptor modulator TRV-045, being developed for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN).
Simcere Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.’s subsidiary Simcere Zaiming Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has received FDA clearance of an IND application for SIM-0501, an oral small-molecule inhibitor of ubiquitin-specific peptidase 1 (USP1), for advanced solid tumors.
Voronoi and Voronoi Bio Inc. have patented heteroaryl derivative compounds acting as serine/threonine-protein kinase B-raf (BRAF) inhibitors and reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase α (PI3Kα) (H1047R mutant) inhibitors are described in a Relay Therapeutics Inc. patent as potentially useful for the treatment of cancer, particularly, breast and ovarian cancer.
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC has patented compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and metapneumovirus (MPV) infections.
A Genentech Inc. patent discloses new benzothiazole compounds acting as von Hippel-Lindau disease tumor suppressor (VHL) inhibitors and reported to be useful for the treatment of ischemia, cancer and anemia.
Mission Therapeutics Ltd. has reported clinical trial authorization (CTA) by the U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for a first-in-human phase I study of MTX-325 for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Dosing is expected to commence in the first quarter of next year, with preliminary data to follow later in the year.
Nuclear receptor subfamily 1 group D member (NR1D1), also known as Rev-erbA-α, is highly expressed in the liver, adipose tissue, brain and skeletal muscle.
Seismic Therapeutic Inc. has closed a $121 million series B financing to support progression of the company’s two lead programs through clinical proof of mechanism.