China Pharmaceutical University has synthesized kaurane tetracyclic diterpenoid derivatives acting as NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of arthritis and skin disorders.
Edgewise Therapeutics Inc. priced an underwritten offering of 21.8 million shares at $11 each as it looks for about $240 million in gross proceeds to develop its Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies treatment. The offering propelled the company’s stock (NASDAQ:EWTX) Jan. 19 to close 34.5% higher at $13.04 each, their highest valuation in the past 12 months.
Researchers at F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. have described imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine and pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine derivatives acting as serine/threonine-protein kinase SIK inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), primary sclerosing cholangitis, inflammatory bowel disease, atherosclerosis, type 2 diabetes and glomerulonephritis, among others.
The stress-responsive protein PPP1R15A (protein phosphatase 1, regulatory subunit 15 A) promotes the unfolded protein response and restores protein homeostasis.
Synthesis and optimization of several series of G-protein coupled receptor 183 (GPR183) antagonists at Immunophage Biomedical Co. Ltd. led to the discovery of a lead candidate with promising potency (IC50=31.3 nM), reduced hERG inhibition and improved aqueous solubility.
Proabtech Co. Ltd. investigators have published findings from the preclinical characterization of PAT-101, a novel recombinant human albumin (rHA)-conjugated urate oxidase (Uox) variant, being developed for the treatment of gout.
N-acetyltransferase 10 (NAT10) is an RNA cytidine acetyltransferase involved in multiple biological processes, such as inflammatory responses or osteogenic differentiation, and linked to pathological states such as asthma, viral infections, cancer, or laminopathies.
Chengdu Baiyu Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has disclosed pyrrolidine derivatives acting as IL-6 inhibitors and Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) and/or TLR8 antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of autoimmune disease.
With positive initial phase I/II data in hand from two trials, Dyne Therapeutics Inc. plans to report more findings and start enrolling registrational cohorts in both studies by the end of this year for DYNE-101 in myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and a study called Deliver with DYNE-251 in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) who are amenable to exon 51 skipping.