June 2024 News Roundup: FDA Approvals, Major Deals, Obesity Research Advances, and More

In April 2024, patent disclosures continued to highlight the swift progress in targeting key therapeutic areas. The Drug Hunter team has carefully compiled a searchable database containing over 200 patents relevant to drug discovery. This resource is enhanced with detailed annotations and highlights some of the most promising molecules and targets, such as GPR84 antagonists, brain-penetrant TYK2 inhibitors, and tricyclic urea JAK2 V617F inhibitors, among others. This compilation serves as a valuable tool for drug hunters to stay abreast of the latest trends in drug discovery.

In case you missed anything while you were away on summer holiday, here’s a recap of six notable deals from July to get you up to speed.

To select April’s Molecules of the Month, our team evaluated hundreds of molecules from thousands of papers, press releases, conference presentations, and other materials. Here we’ve curated a roundup of more than 60 additional molecules that caught our interest from April, along with highlights we found most notable.

To help you quickly scan the patent literature, we’ve distilled down thousands of new documents into a searchable table of over 200 selected patents focused on key areas in drug discovery, all published in May 2024. This resource is enriched with detailed highlights on selected molecules targeting high-interest areas such as STING antagonists, WIZ degraders, RNA degraders, and macrocyclic amine-based OX2R modulators.

Here’s a rundown of August’s key clinical developments, including FDA approvals, potential upcoming approvals, notable trial readouts, new NDA submissions, and pipeline realignments.