Provided herein are compositions and methods for treating, inhibiting and/or reducing the severity of cancer in subjects in need thereof. The methods include providing an agent that inhibits expression or activity of ONECUT2 and administering a therapeutically effective amount of the agent so as to treat, inhibit and/or reduce the severity of cancer in the subject.

Provided herein are compositions and methods for treating, inhibiting and/or reducing the severity of cancer in subjects in need thereof. The methods include providing an agent that inhibits expression or activity of ONECUT2 and administering a therapeutically effective amount of the agent so as to treat, inhibit and/or reduce the severity of cancer in the subject.

The present invention relates to inhibitors of histone deacetylases, in particular HDAC8, that are useful for the treatment of cancer and other diseases and disorders, as well as the synthesis and applications of said inhibitors.

The present invention relates to inhibitors of histone deacetylases, in particular HDAC8, that are useful for the treatment of cancer and other diseases and disorders, as well as the synthesis and applications of said inhibitors.

The present invention relates to novel hydroxamic acid derivatives as inhibitors of meprin β and/or α, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods for treatment or prophylaxis of diseases or conditions, especially such that are related to meprin β and/or α, and compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for use in such methods.

The present invention relates to novel hydroxamic acid derivatives as inhibitors of meprin β and/or α, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods for treatment or prophylaxis of diseases or conditions, especially such that are related to meprin β and/or α, and compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for use in such methods.

A pharmaceutical composition, comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) compound represented by the following structural formula

##STR00001## at least one acidifying agent; and a vehicle base comprising at least one pharmaceutically acceptable non-aqueous solvent. Values and preferred values of the variables in structural formula (I) are defined herein.

A pharmaceutical composition, comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) compound represented by the following structural formula

##STR00001## at least one acidifying agent; and a vehicle base comprising at least one pharmaceutically acceptable non-aqueous solvent. Values and preferred values of the variables in structural formula (I) are defined herein.

The present invention discloses a nicotinyl alcohol ether derivative, a preparation method therefor, and a pharmaceutical composition and uses thereof. Specifically, the invention relates to nicotinyl alcohol ether derivatives represented by formula (I), a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, a stereoisomer thereof, a preparation method therefor, a pharmaceutical composition containing the one or more compounds, and uses of the compounds in treating diseases related to PD-1/PD-L1 signal channels, such as cancers, infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases.

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Provided is a method for amidating a hydroxy ester compound at a high chemical selectivity. The amidation reaction method for a hydroxy ester compound comprises, in the presence of a catalyst containing a compound of a transition metal of the group 4 or group 5 in the periodic table, reacting at least one kind of hydroxy ester compound selected from the group consisting of an -hydroxy ester compound, a -hydroxy ester compound, a -hydroxy ester compound and a -hydroxy ester compound with an amino compound so as to amidate an ester group having a hydroxyl group at the -, -, - or -position of the hydroxy ester compound.