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Small Molecules Evolve

Drug Hunter

Small molecule drugs make up most of the drugs we take conveniently as pills, including painkillers like ibuprofen (Advil), antibiotics like penicillin and amoxicillin, or cholesterol-lowering drugs like atorvastatin (Lipitor). The small molecules drugs of today look nothing like the molecules of the 1970s.

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Small Molecule of the Year – 2022

Drug Hunter

We asked the global drug discovery community to nominate and vote on their favorite molecule from 2022, and the results are in. The Vote and Runners-Up #1: Deucravacitinib (Bristol Myers Squibb, 24%) Deucravacitinib stands out even with an impressive cohort of competitive nominees for 2022, with the runners-up shown below. #2:

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Chemoselective Covalent Modification of K-Ras(G12R) with a Small Molecule Electrophile

Covalent Modifiers

Shokat Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022 144 (35), 15916-15921 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c05377 While small molecule inhibitors for the G12C mutant have been successfully developed, allele-specific inhibition for other KRAS hotspot mutants remains challenging. Ziyang Zhang, Johannes Morstein, Andrew K. Ecker, Keelan Z.

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How to find a drug: the past, present and future of small molecule drug discovery?

DrugBaron

Despite the current hype around so called “advanced therapies”, which range from gene editing to cell therapies, and the inexorable advance of biologic therapeutics such as monoclonal antibodies, even in 2022 the majority of drugs in development and reaching patients are still small organic molecules.

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Metabolism of 2022 FDA approved small molecule drugs PART 1

Metabolite Tales Blog

Metabolism of 2022 FDA approved small molecule drugs – Part 1 Does CYP3A4 still rule? By Julia Shanu-Wilson It won’t come as much surprise to learn that of the 17 small molecules* approved by the FDA in 2022, CYP3A4 was the major player in drug metabolism. 2022; 131(5): 311- 324. Tang et al.,

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Metabolism of 2022 FDA approved small molecule drugs PART 2

Metabolite Tales Blog

Metabolism of 2022 FDA approved small molecule drugs part 2 Mixing it Up By Julia Shanu-Wilson In Part 1 of this topic we looked at metabolism of the small molecule drugs approved by the FDA in 2022 that were mediated by CYP3A4. Poster at ISSX/MDO 2022 Seattle meeting. [6] Br J Pharmacol.

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Antibody Drug Conjugates: windows of opportunity

Drug Target Review

These therapies have broadened treatment options for patients to expand beyond the more traditional small molecule drug alternatives. 2 However, when dosed at the MTD, ADCs display improved efficacy over small molecules in oncology trials. 3D rendering of Antibody Drug Conjugate Molecules.