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The rising impact of biomarkers in early clinical development

Drug Target Review

4 The definition has since evolved and expanded to include molecular signatures of pharmacodynamics and therapeutic response. As pharmacological indicators, biomarkers overcome the static nature of traditional in vitro cellular studies by providing more dynamic models of pharmacokinetic processes that reflect active biological mechanisms.

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Enthalpy-driven pharmacokinetics

Molecular Design

Controllability of exposure is the focus of pharmacokinetic optimization and I recently became aware of an exciting new development that will surely reshape the pharmacokinetic field and transform drug discovery beyond all recognition.

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FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Essential Drug Delivery Outputs

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Design validation may be covered by clinical studies, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic or bioequivalence/bioavailability studies, literature, simulated bench testing, and/or anthropometric data and should include endpoints that have the capability of validating device performance.

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ChEMBL 34 is out!

The ChEMBL-og

The definition of a chemical probe has been amended to update the field MOLECULE_DICTIONARY.CHEMICAL_PROBE. For legacy AUC and Cmax records (< ChEMBL 34), pharmacokinetic parameters have been extracted from the assay descriptions using regular expression matching (RegEx). When possible, AUC record units were converted to ng.hr.mL-1

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Re-Imagining Med Chem Strategies: the Tyranny of the n+1 Compound

DrugBaron

Another common pitfall in medicinal chemistry is optimise one characteristic at once: find super-potent molecules, then try and ‘fix’ the pharmacokinetics and then try and improve the pharmaceutical properties and so on. Definitely not just more compounds per week. Not just more data per week. More answers.

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Some Thoughts on Biotech vs Pharma for Computational Chemists

Practical Cheminformatics

It is rare for graduate students to be exposed to tasks like optimizing pharmacokinetics or off-target binding. Goals and definitions of success vary from person to person. In these cases, broadening your skillset into other areas like medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, biophysics, pharmacokinetics, and disease biology is important.

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Separating the Hype from the Hyperbole Surrounding FDORA’s Alternatives to Animal Testing under the FD&C Act

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

The definition goes on to list potential options for such tests: cell-based assays, organ chips and microphysiological systems, computer modeling, other nonhuman or human biology-based test methods such as bioprinting, as well as animal tests. FDORA § 3209(a)(2). 42 U.S.C. § 262(k)(2)(A)(i)(I).