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The rising impact of biomarkers in early clinical development

Drug Target Review

As pharmacological indicators, biomarkers overcome the static nature of traditional in vitro cellular studies by providing more dynamic models of pharmacokinetic processes that reflect active biological mechanisms. Silver Spring (MD): Food and Drug Administration (US); 2016-. References FDA-NIH Biomarker Working Group. 21(10):3517.

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Therapeutic Oligos 2025 Keynote Speakers Announced

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In 2016, he was appointed Junior Group Leader with the Swiss National Centre for Competence in Research (NCCR) in RNA & Disease, where he established the laboratory for Genomics Of LncRNAs in Disease (GOLD Lab).

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New molecular insights on medical cannabis

Drug Target Review

2,8-10 However, the number of compounds with satisfying pharmacokinetic parameters (PKD) are limited, with most unable to cross the blood-brain barrier or go sufficiently deep into a malignant tumour. 2016 Jun 23;59(12):5604–21. 2016 Sep;7(1):11248. Frontiers in Medicine. 2018 Jun 13;5. Castagna D, Budd DC, Macdonald SJF, et al.

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VALILTRAMIPROSATE

New Drug Approvals

2016 ; Abushakra et al., Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Safety of ALZ-801, a Novel Prodrug of Tramiprosate in Development for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease. Clin Pharmacokinet. After tramiprosate failed in Phase 3, its maker, NeuroChem, marketed it as a nutritional supplement. 2018; 32(9): 849–861. [2].

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Microbiotica: transforming medicine with microbiome magic

Drug Target Review

Microbiotica was spun-out of Trevor Lawley’s lab at the Sanger Institute in late 2016. How did Microbiotica leverage its founding advances from the Sanger Institute to address barriers in translating the human microbiome, and what is its ultimate goal in the field of microbiome therapeutics?

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Antibody-drug conjugates payloads: then, now and next

Drug Target Review

7 These inhibitors have faced challenges such as dose-limiting toxicity and poor pharmacokinetics, but geldanamycin ADCs have demonstrated increased survival in mice. 403–421 (Springer, 2016). 102 , 1–6 (2016). Science 261 , 212–215 (1993). Florian S, Mitchison TJ. Anti-Microtubule Drugs. Chang, P. & & Ohi, R.)

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ESMO Reflections: Glimmers of Hope with the Next Wave of I-O Therapies?

LifeSciVC

Anti-TIGIT antibodies have been clinically evaluated since 2016, and an absence of single-agent data has left a void in the scientific community’s understanding of the mechanism. Changes in both proximal measures of CBL-B inhibition and downstream measures of its ability to activate the immune system.