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Lilly and Kumquat Biosciences Announce Collaboration to Discover and Develop Novel Small Molecules that Stimulate Tumor-Specific Immune Responses

The Pharma Data

Loxo Oncology at Lilly, a research and development group of Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY), and Kumquat Biosciences today announced an exclusive collaboration focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of potential novel small molecules that stimulate tumor-specific immune responses.

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A new drug approval for the vanguard of RNA-targeted small molecules

Dark Matter Blog

A few years ago, at Arrakis Therapeutics, we set out to conquer a strange new territory, drugging RNA structures with small molecules. On the strength of those findings, nusinersen was approved by the FDA at the end of 2016 for the treatment of SMA , marketed under the commercial brand Spinraza.

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Cambrian expands fibrosis pipeline

Drug Discovery World

The preclinical start-up is working towards the development of first-in-class small molecule inhibitors of transglutaminase 2 (TG2), one of the major crosslinking enzymes in the human body, which becomes more active during ageing, resulting in fibrotic diseases. .

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Sosei Heptares and Biohaven Enter Global Collaboration and License Agreement to Advance Novel Small-Molecule CGRP Antagonist Portfolio

The Pharma Data

Biohaven acquires exclusive global rights to a portfolio of novel, small-molecule CGRP antagonists. In addition, we have advanced zavegepant, our intra-nasal CGRP receptor antagonist, successfully through its first pivotal trial, also for the acute treatment of migraine. TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, England , Dec.

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Biochemical assays and deep cyclic inhibition in cancer treatment

Drug Target Review

Molecular-level biochemical assays like transcriptomics, genomics and proteomics have emerged as valuable tools for identifying potential targets in cancer treatment through deep cyclic inhibition (DCI). How does the DCI mechanism compare to the design of other drugs for cancer treatment?

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What’s interesting about the Australian drug discovery sector? 

Drug Discovery World

Its snapshot report aimed to provide both an overview of the sector in Australia to determine how the sector has changed since this data was collected in 2017 and 2019 2. . The number of employees behind our biotech companies has also expanded, increasing 21% compared with 2019 from approximately 87,397 people in 2019 to 105,569 in 2022.

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Future trends: biopharma to outpace small molecule drug development  

Drug Discovery World

Advances in new manufacturing technology accelerate Back in 2019 I wrote a paper about transforming the drug life cycle, which included what I felt were the opportunities and the challenges that were going to affect the pharmaceutical sector over the next few years.