Nandishaiah, Radha https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7455-4946
Murakami, Satoshi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5553-7663
Hameed P, Shahul
Aoki, Maho https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2650-9476
Okada, Ui https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7633-9308
Yamashita, Eiki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4278-0039
Venkatesan, Suryanarayanan
Bharatham, Nagakumar
Sarma, Sudipta
Shanbhag, Anirudh P. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0498-6431
Sharma, Sreevalli https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6055-7853
Rao, Ranga
Ramachandran, Vasanthi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2496-179X
Balasubramanian, V. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0473-6894
Datta, Santanu https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5335-5276
Katagihallimath, Nainesh https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1267-083X
Article History
Received: 22 May 2025
Accepted: 14 October 2025
First Online: 25 November 2025
Competing interests
: The authors Radha Nandishaiah, Nainesh Katagihallimath, Sudipta Sarma, Anirudh P Shanbhag, Sreevalli Sharma, Nagakumar Bharatham, Suryanarayanan Venkatesan, Shahul Hameed P, Ranga Rao, Vasanthi Ramachandran, V. Balasubramanian, and Santanu Datta declare their competing interests as either current or former employees or consultants of Bugworks Research India Pvt. Ltd. and hold stock options in the company. Additionally, Shahul Hameed P., Nagakumar Bharatham, Nainesh Katagihallimath, Sreevalli Sharma, Radha Nandishaiah, Vasanthi Ramachandran, and V. Balasubramanian are inventors on the patent WO2018225097A1, which covers the compound BWC0977 disclosed in this manuscript. Anirudh P Shanbhag is currently employed with Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad 500081. Satoshi Murakami, Ui Okada, Maho Aoki, and Eiki Yamashita declare no competing interests.