Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC has divulged 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 disease, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, among others.

Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) has described erythromycin derivatives reported to be useful for the treatment of bacterial infections.

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. has identified serine/threonine-protein salt-inducible kinases (SIK) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis, lupus nephritis, osteoarthritis, pancreatitis, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren’s syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus and ulcerative colitis, among others.