The Janssen gut-restricted COX-2 inhibitor, compound 10 , is a tool compound used to test the hypothesis that gut-restricted COX-2 inhibition would be beneficial for cancer without the cardiovascular risk of systemic COX-2 inhibition. Unfortunately, IVIVC of several compounds demonstrated that in vivo efficacy was not driven by gut COX-2 [...]

Bexotegrast is a dual-selective αvβ6-αvβ1 integrin inhibitor with surprising efficacy and safety data from a Ph. II trial in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The αv integrins have been studied for decades in indications such as cancer and IPF. Both small molecule and antibody-based integrin inhibitors have demonstrated preclinical toxicities in non-human primates. This article highlights the unmet need for effective therapies for IPF and related conditions, a comparison of bexotegrast with other integrin binders, and possible reasons why bexotegrast is different in terms of safety.

What is it? GB0139 is a selective, inhaled inhibitor of galectin-3 and galectin-1 in Ph. II for IPF and COVID-19 pneumonitis, and is Galecto’s ($GLTO) lead asset. Galecto was founded in 2011 with Lund University academic galectin research leaders Ulf Nilsson and Hakon Leffler, and has had a research focus on galectin-3 modulators to treat [...]

Camlipixant is an orally administered antagonist of the ATP-sensing P2X3 homotrimeric receptor ion channel, originated by AstraZeneca AB and assigned to the Canadian NEOMED Institute (now adMare), and developed by BELLUS Health (Canada), for the treatment of chronic cough. Chronic cough remains difficult to treat – the last FDA-approved anti-tussive, dextromethorphan, was first approved in 1958 and has demonstrated limited clinical efficacy.

PDE4 inhibitors have shown promise in a range of pulmonary, dermatological and neurological diseases, but have been hampered by side effects including emesis and diarrhea . Difamilast , originated by Otsuka , recently approved for the treatment of atopic dermatitis [...]