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Targeted protein degradation: turning undruggable targets into druggable targets

Drug Target Review

TPD is a rapidly evolving therapeutic modality to degrade a disease-causing proteins, thereby eliminating their function specifically. 1 TPD is expected to challenge undruggable proteins, which are highly difficult to target by conventional small molecules. How does TPD work?

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Molecules of the Month – June 2023

Drug Hunter

danuglipron – An oral GLP-1-RA full agonist in Phase IIb clinical trials for obesity and Phase II trials for type 2 diabetes mellitus, identified through sensitized cell high-throughput screening and optimization, originated from Pfizer.

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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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How to Get Drugs Into the Brain

Drug Hunter

Obtaining adequate drug exposure in the brain is key to treating CNS diseases effectively. Prodrugs Remain in “Proof-of-Concept” Stages Prodrug strategies for CNS deliver have also been applied with varying success , with the most famous example being L-Dopa for Parkinson’s disease. What is K p,uu ? Figure 18.

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Arvinas, Inc. Announces Pricing of $400 Million Public Offering of Common Stock

The Pharma Data

Nasdaq: ARVN), a clinical-stage biotechnology company creating a new class of drugs based on targeted protein degradation using its PROTAC ® Discovery Engine, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 5,714,286 shares of its common stock at a price of $70.00 NEW HAVEN, Conn.,