{"title":"Drug Repurposing Patent Applications October-December 2024.","authors":"Hermann A M Mucke","doi":"10.1177/1540658X251361263","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>\n <i>Here, we briefly discuss 17 PCT patent applications related to drug repurposing that were published during the final quarter of 2024. As always, we have chosen the documents based on significance only, which gave us a wide range of applicants, active agents, and geographic representation. Applicants are not only from the United States and China but also from Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and even remote places such as Algeria and Iceland. Significantly, the contribution from Iceland is how to induce therapeutic hypothermia-but with entacapone, used in Parkinson's disease. The UK company, HealX, presents data showing that Angelman syndrome, an intractable neurodevelopmental disorder, could be treated with the common NSAID sulindac. Gliclazide, an old antidiabetic, could potentially treat schizophrenia, as inventors from Chinese Ping An-Shionogi report. These are only a few highlights from the stream of documents that have been issued towards the end of 2024.</i>\n </p>","PeriodicalId":8586,"journal":{"name":"Assay and drug development technologies","volume":" ","pages":"324-331"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Assay and drug development technologies","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1540658X251361263","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/7/21 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH METHODS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Here, we briefly discuss 17 PCT patent applications related to drug repurposing that were published during the final quarter of 2024. As always, we have chosen the documents based on significance only, which gave us a wide range of applicants, active agents, and geographic representation. Applicants are not only from the United States and China but also from Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and even remote places such as Algeria and Iceland. Significantly, the contribution from Iceland is how to induce therapeutic hypothermia-but with entacapone, used in Parkinson's disease. The UK company, HealX, presents data showing that Angelman syndrome, an intractable neurodevelopmental disorder, could be treated with the common NSAID sulindac. Gliclazide, an old antidiabetic, could potentially treat schizophrenia, as inventors from Chinese Ping An-Shionogi report. These are only a few highlights from the stream of documents that have been issued towards the end of 2024.
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ASSAY and Drug Development Technologies provides access to novel techniques and robust tools that enable critical advances in early-stage screening. This research published in the Journal leads to important therapeutics and platforms for drug discovery and development. This reputable peer-reviewed journal features original papers application-oriented technology reviews, topical issues on novel and burgeoning areas of research, and reports in methodology and technology application.
ASSAY and Drug Development Technologies coverage includes:
-Assay design, target development, and high-throughput technologies-
Hit to Lead optimization and medicinal chemistry through preclinical candidate selection-
Lab automation, sample management, bioinformatics, data mining, virtual screening, and data analysis-
Approaches to assays configured for gene families, inherited, and infectious diseases-
Assays and strategies for adapting model organisms to drug discovery-
The use of stem cells as models of disease-
Translation of phenotypic outputs to target identification-
Exploration and mechanistic studies of the technical basis for assay and screening artifacts