Patent 11014927 was granted and assigned to FORMA Therapeutics on May, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The disclosure relates to modulating pyruvate kinase and provides novel chemical compounds of formula (I) useful as activators of PKR, as well as various uses of these compounds. PKR activating compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases and disorders associated with PKR and/or PKM2, such as pyruvate kinase deficiency (PKD), sickle cell disease (SCD), and thalassemia.