Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. has identified proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising a Von Hippel-Lindau disease tumor suppressor (VHL) ligase binding moiety covalently bonded to a histone deacetylase (HDAC) targeting moiety through a linker.
Medshine Discovery Inc. has synthesized amino-substituted heteroaryl derivatives acting as protein arginine N-methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Arcus Biosciences Inc. has synthesized tyrosine-protein kinase receptor UFO (AXL) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of viral infection, cancer and fibrosis.
Axonis Therapeutics Inc. has disclosed dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MAP2K7; MKK7) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, neurodegeneration, lysosomal storage, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease, among others.
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.
Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA has divulged TGF-β receptor type-1 (TGFBR1; ALK5; SKR4; TβR-I) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).