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Welcome to new Director David Hulcoop

The Open Targets Blog

David Hulcoop, previously Strategy and Operations Director for the consortium, starts as Executive Director of Open Targets in October 2023. This involves scaling up the process of making a few grams of the compound in the lab to hundreds of tonnes in a factory, in an environmentally-friendly, cost-effective way.

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Metabolism of macrocyclic drugs

Metabolite Tales Blog

However, in the quest to tackle challenging disease targets with difficult drug binding sites, there is revived interest in developing this compound type to offer unique solutions. Current macrocycles in clinical use generally focus on treatment of infectious diseases, cancer and auto-immune disorders. Drug Hunter article, June 2023.

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Metabolism of de novo designed macrocyclic drugs

Metabolite Tales Blog

However, in the quest to tackle challenging disease targets with difficult drug binding sites, there is revived interest in developing this compound type to offer unique solutions. Current macrocycles in clinical use generally focus on treatment of infectious diseases, cancer and auto-immune disorders. Drug Hunter article, June 2023.