Siren Biotechnology Inc. has unveiled its lead asset, SRN-101, for the treatment of high-grade gliomas. The FDA has granted orphan drug and rare pediatric disease designations to SRN-101 for high-grade gliomas and pediatric-type diffuse high-grade gliomas, respectively.
The bromodomain and extra terminal domain (BET) family of proteins, including BRD4, regulates the transcription of multiple proinflammatory and immunoregulatory genes. BRD4 is involved in immune-related disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Targeted protein degradation has gained attention in recent years due to its potential to hit proteins that are difficult to engage with conventional small molecules. Pin1 is an enzyme associated with tumor formation overexpressed in pancreatic cancer cells or cancer-associated fibroblasts in particular.
As China rises to second place, next only to the U.S., for innovative new drugs, a new report by Clarivate – A Decade of Innovation, A Decade to Come – outlines key policy reforms and regulatory, R&D and investment trends driving past and future growth of Chinese biopharmaceuticals.
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. have patented oxazolo[4,5-B]pyrazine and oxazolo[4,5-B]pyridine derivatives acting as NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors and reported to be useful for the treatment of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular disorders.
Work at Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. has led to the design of proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase binding agent coupled to CREB-binding protein (CREBBP; CBP)-targeting moiety through a linker acting as CBP degradation inducers.
Hainan Simcere Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has patented new membrane-associated tyrosine- and threonine-specific Cdc2-inhibitory kinase (PKMYT1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of breast cancer.
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