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Molecules of the Month – June 2023

Drug Hunter

semaglutide/Ozempic), this month features a pair of ultra-hot non-peptide oral GLP-1R modulators in clinical development. “compound 13” – A DCAF1 binder applied to targeted protein degradation, identified through high-throughput screening and optimization by Novartis.

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Six collaborations driving drug discovery innovation

Drug Discovery World

The NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD will be installed at Amgen’s deCODE genetics’ headquarters in Reykjavik, Iceland and will be used to build a human diversity atlas for drug target and disease-specific biomarker discovery. Chiesi and Oak Hill Bio intend to continue a Phase IIb clinical trial in 2024 in the United States, Europe, and Japan.

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The DDW Podcast: 2023 in review

Drug Discovery World

Ng is working on critical challenges in clinical trials, specifically in planning and recruitment, and has been building innovative solutions designed to benefit patients and researchers – with a focus on efficiency, transparency and diversity in clinical development. Listen here. Listen here. This episode is available here.

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Sosei Heptares and Captor Therapeutics Enter Strategic Technology Collaboration Focused on Targeted GPCR Degradation as Novel Approach for Drug Design

The Pharma Data

Targeted protein degradation (TPD) is an approach whereby the body’s natural process for degrading proteins is diverted using small molecule drugs to eliminate disease-causing proteins. . TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, England , Dec. No further financial details are disclosed.

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Monte Rosa Therapeutics raises $96m to develop protein-degrading molecules

The Pharma Data

. Monte Rosa Therapeutics has raised $96m in Series B financing to support further develop of its pipeline of small-molecule protein degraders. In this process, protein-degrading molecules ‘co-opt’ large cellular proteins (ubiquitin ligases) to breakdown other target proteins, including those that cause cancer.

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ARVINAS AND PFIZER ANNOUNCE GLOBAL COLLABORATION TO DEVELOP AND COMMERCIALIZE PROTAC® PROTEIN DEGRADER ARV-471

The Pharma Data

(NYSE: PFE) today announced a global collaboration to develop and commercialize ARV-471, an investigational oral PROTAC® (PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera) estrogen receptor protein degrader. The estrogen receptor is a well-known disease driver in most breast cancers. Chief Executive Officer at Arvinas.

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Where is the drug discovery expertise happening in the UK?

Drug Discovery World

A company within this ecosystem is STORM Therapeutics, a clinical stage biotechnology company creating novel small molecule therapies that inhibit RNA modifying enzymes (RME) for use in oncology and other diseases. The university aims to identify treatments for life-threatening anti-microbial diseases and metabolic disorders.

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