ACT-451840 is a new compound with potent activity against sensitive and resistant Plasmodium falciparum strains. ACT-451840 has been used in trials studying malaria. ACT-451840 appears to have a distinct mode of action that sets it apart from current antimalarial drugs, including artemisinins. It has a rapid onset of action as well as activity on all blood-borne (erythrocytic) stages, which is retained against multiple resistant parasites, including artemisinin-resistant strains. Unlike the majority of antimalarial agents, ACT-451840 has the potential to block disease transmission due to its activity on gametocytes. he antimalarial activity of ACT-451840 was studied in an experimental induced blood stage malaria clinical trial performed in collaboration with MMV Medicines for Malaria Ventures at the laboratories of Professor James McCarthy, MBBS, MD of the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital in Herston, Australia. In the trial, ACT-451840 was safe and well tolerated and showed clinical efficacy against the early stages of P. falciparum infections. The PK/PD model developed from this proof-of-concept study with eight healthy subjects enabled prediction of therapeutic effects, with cure rates following 1 week of therapy (single daily doses) predicted to be equivalent to artesunate monotherapy.

Ajulemic acid, designated as Resunab™, is being developed by Corbus Pharmaceuticals, for the treatment of cystic fibrosis, systemic sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus.Ajulemic acid (AJA) is a first-in-class, synthetic, orally active, cannabinoid-derived drug that preferentially binds to the CB2 receptor and is nonpsychoactive. In preclinical studies, and in Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials, AJA showed a favorable safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetic profile. It also demonstrated significant efficacy in preclinical models of inflammation and fibrosis. It suppresses tissue scarring and stimulates endogenous eicosanoids that resolve chronic inflammation and fibrosis without causing immunosuppression. AJA is currently being developed for use in 4 separate but related indications including systemic sclerosis (SSc), cystic fibrosis, dermatomyositis (DM), and systemic lupus erythematosus. Phase 2 clinical trials in the first 3 targets demonstrated that it is safe, is a potential treatment for these orphan diseases and appears to be a potent inflammation-resolving drug with a unique mechanism of action, distinct from the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), and will be useful for treating a wide range of chronic inflammatory diseases.

Pranolium (UM-272) is propranolol derivative. It can reduce the extent of myocardial injury sustained during severe ischemia. UM-272 lacks significant beta-adrenergic blocking activity but retains the negative chronotropic, negative inotropic and antiarrhythmic effects common to both d- and l-propranolol. The protective effects of UM-272 during myocardial ischemia cannot be due to metabolic effects of the beta-adrenergic blockade but may be due to effects on oxygen consumption or to effects on myocardial membrane properties that are related to its antiarrhythmic and myocardial depressant activity. The ability of UM-272 to enhance blood flow to subendocardial myocardium may also play a role in its beneficial effects during ischemia. UM-272 may protect the ischemic heart through direct effects on myocardial Ca++ regulating mechanisms. UM-272 has kinetically similar use-dependent inhibitory action of the fast sodium channels of cardiac muscles as other Class Ia antiarrhythmic drugs like quinidine or procainamide. Pranolium was investigated as an antiarrhythmic agent.

4SC-202 is an epigenetic oncology compound with a unique therapeutic profile, which was developed by biotechnology company: 4SC. 4SC-202 works as a selective inhibitor of LSD1 (lysine-specific demethylase 1) and HDAC (histone deacetylase) 1, 2 and 3. 4SC-202 also strengthens the endogenous immune response to cancer tissue. This compound demonstrated successfully completed Phase I of the clinical study, where it was proved safe and well tolerated in patients with advanced hematologic cancer. In addition, 4SC-202 shows substantial anti-tumor activity in a broad range of cancer cell lines including hepatocellular carcinoma, Urothelial Carcinoma Cell Lines and colorectal cancer.