DrugBank

AUGUST 15, 2024

Drug development is challenging, including not only the complexities of biomolecular drug mechanisms but also the convolutions of regulatory pathways and commercialization strategies. Improved Return on Investment (ROI) Industry-academic partnerships can enhance the financial return on drug development investments.

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DrugBank

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Data science has emerged as an innovative tool in the biopharmaceutical industry, leveraging the power of machine learning and artificial intelligence to drive innovation and efficiency across the entire drug development lifecycle. This was seen in the case of the BRAF V600E mutation test for melanoma patients receiving vemurafenib.

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Drug Target Review

JULY 18, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to transform the field of target discovery in drug development, offering immense potential to enhance efficacy, personalised medicine, and accelerate the development of innovative compounds.

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Drug Target Review

JULY 18, 2024

Why is detecting cancers via liquid biopsy before they become visible on imaging important for drug development, not just diagnostics? We believe liquid biopsy is very helpful for oncology drug development because the reduction and clearance of circulating DNA occurs quickly before radiographic imaging is available.

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SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

MARCH 26, 2024

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Chemical Biology and Drug Design

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Enzymes involved in glucose metabolism may be promising therapeutic targets for drug development against the pathogenic free-living amoebae. Details about the enzyme sequence and structural properties make a compelling case for designing small molecule inhibitors that are specific to the amoebae and would not affect the host enzyme.

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DrugBank

MAY 15, 2024

Its structure makes it incredibly difficult for drugs to bind effectively, which has stymied drug development for decades. The binding pockets on KRAS are shallow and polar , not ideal for the kinds of interactions needed for strong, effective drug binding. One approach is to look beyond the traditional drug molecule.

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Covalent Modifiers

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

link] Proteins labelled site-specifically with small molecules are valuable assets for chemical biology and drug development. By using this approach in tandem with BHoPAL, we generate dually labelled protein bioconjugates appended with different labels at two distinct specific sites on a single protein molecule.

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DrugBank

JULY 24, 2024

Breaking New Ground with PROTACs One of the standout innovations in this space is the development of proteolysis-targeting chimeras, or PROTACs. These multifunctional small molecules are like tiny spies, hijacking the body’s natural protein degradation system to remove unwanted proteins.

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Alta Sciences

AUGUST 29, 2024

Engaging at the outset with a fully integrated and experienced drug development partner can ensure safety, with timely data sharing at every step of the drug development plan, and facilitate agile, flexible decision-making and planning. View the full library of The Altascientist publications. Image thumbnail-qh33.jpg

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Drug Target Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

However, this will not be straightforward, given that non-oncogene resistance is driven by complex transcriptional networks, and the key drivers that determine how these mechanisms could be targets for drug development remain elusive. This orally available small molecule binds to the bromodomain of CBP/p300 in a highly specific manner.

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LifeSciVC

JANUARY 16, 2024

Small molecule GLP1s? Whether trial design, execution, or otherwise, drug development even where there is precedent is a challenging road and should not be taken for granted. Whether it’s small molecules to target the incretins (GLP1R ± GIPR), targeting well-validated signaling nodes in I&I (e.g.,

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Broad Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Combining Broad’s expertise in cancer biology and state-of-the-art drug discovery methods with Bayer’s expertise in drug development greatly increases our power to bring transformative medicines to cancer patients.” “We “Through this alliance, Broad and Bayer have done just that.

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Drug Target Review

JULY 13, 2023

By capitalising on condensate biology, Dewpoint seeks to tackle diseases and targets that have previously lacked sufficient understanding for effective drug discovery. Dewpoint addresses diseases that lacked comprehensive biological understanding, allowing for more meaningful and logical drug discovery efforts.

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NIH Director's Blog: Drug Development

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Now comes word of another absolutely incredible use of cryo-EM: determining with great ease and exquisite precision the structure of the smaller organic chemical compounds, or “small molecules,” that play such key roles in biological exploration and drug development. Also analyzed were eight less-familiar small molecules.

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The Premier Consulting Blog

JULY 31, 2024

In this blog, we explain the role of clinical pharmacology in drug development and demonstrate how the right strategy can accelerate development under the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 505(b)(1) and 505(b)(2) New Drug Application (NDA) pathways.

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Alta Sciences

APRIL 17, 2024

Five Promising Treatment Areas in Early-Phase Drug Development in 2024 aasimakopoulos Wed, 04/17/2024 - 15:52 Early-phase drug development is an ever-changing landscape, as emerging science leads to new promising areas of research for the treatment of human health issues.

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Conversations in Drug Development Trends

APRIL 4, 2024

Stability Tests: For small molecule, only -20°C stability testing is required, while large molecule need both -20°C and -70°C tests if samples are intended for storage at these temperatures. Quality Control Batches : These batches are utilized to ensure the assay’s accuracy when measuring various study samples.

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Drug Target Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

To bring us closer to curing cancer, a combination of effective drugs with non-overlapping mechanisms of action is required. 6 In all these examples, an effective backbone drug was first developed, before adding one or more drugs to establish the new regimens.

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Drug Target Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

I work in the Centre for Cancer Drug Discovery (CCDD) at The Institute of Cancer Research in London, which is an academic drug discovery centre. The mission of the CCDD is to discover novel small-molecule therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and progress them to hypothesis testing phase 1 clinical trials.

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DrugBank

MAY 22, 2024

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and other computational methods are vital tools in our arsenal , helping us peek into the atomic-level interactions and movements within the protein, helping reveal potential new binding sites induced by small molecule interactions. DNA and RNA are also key players, each bringing unique challenges.

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The Premier Consulting Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

For drugs with FDA Orphan Drug Designation (ODD), Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD), and EMA PRIority MEdicines designation (PRIME), all clinical, non-clinical, and CMC requirements are still required for regulatory approval, despite being on pathways for an expedited approval process.

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The Pharma Data

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have uncovered a new role of a chromatin-modulatory enzyme, termed EZH2, during cancer development. They then developed a new therapeutic approach with a potent small-molecule inhibitor of this enzyme.

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LifeSciVC

AUGUST 5, 2024

We are constantly reminded how we are in the midst of an artificial intelligence revolution of the drug development process which promises to completely transform how we develop drugs with increases in productivity of an order of magnitude or more. One final parallel to 2001.

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DrugBaron

JANUARY 31, 2024

Take RxNfinity, the first “dynamic chemical space” that leverages AI strategies to design small molecule ligands for “undruggable targets” or with complex pharmacologies: it has delivered hit rates above 50% with sub-micromolar novel compounds on multiple client projects, far exceeding the capabilities of competitor discovery technologies.

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Dark Matter Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

As a small biotech company with new technology at the frontier of the known drug discovery universe, it may feel like you’re charting a course alone in a dark, cold, and empty void with hailing frequencies open, but with no incoming transmissions. But you would be wrong.

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NIH Director's Blog: Drug Discovery

APRIL 11, 2017

Researchers soon began screening a chemical library and its more than 380,000 traditional drug candidates to find the right small-molecule inhibitor, the preferred compound in drug discovery. Missing was the usual pocket-shaped active site, where a traditional small molecule can readily bind and block function.

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Alta Sciences

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The growing understanding of the immune system's role in various diseases, along with advancements in drug development, have led to a natural evolution from traditional vaccines, small molecules , and cytokines , to increased targeted biologics and innovative approaches in gene therapy and vaccines.

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Drug Target Review

JUNE 19, 2024

Transplanting cells could prove to be more beneficial than treating a particular condition with a small molecule or an antibody, and that really speaks to the power of cell therapy. Just like small molecules and antibodies, cell therapies are changing how we treat patients. from May 2017 until December 2022.

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BMG Labtech

APRIL 16, 2024

In this blog, we take stock of progress, look at what’s in store for drug development, and give examples of ways microplate readers can help advance research into molecular glues. Conventional drug development has often focused on finding small molecules that fit the active site of a protein.

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PerkinElmer

JANUARY 21, 2021

Using drugs that are already on the market was the quickest path forward to evaluate these compounds and possibly help patients now because novel drug development typically takes years. Scientists needed to evaluate the field of potential drugs-and fast. COVID-19 is a difficult disease to understand and treat.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 25, 2021

–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Veralox Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing first-in-class small molecule therapeutics that treat the underlying pathologies of diseases with significant unmet medical needs, today announced that the U.S. 26, 2021 13:00 UTC. FREDERICK, Md.–( About VLX-1005.

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PPD

OCTOBER 18, 2023

As exponential growth and global expansion continue in both the biotech and pharmaceutical industries, it is critical for drug development companies to partner with good manufacturing practices (GMP) / chemistry manufacturing and controls (CMC) contract labs to conduct analyses of a range of small molecules and biologics and drive therapies forward (..)

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Drug Target Review

MARCH 1, 2024

About the author Dr Christopher Haqq Executive Vice President, Head of Research and Development, and Chief Medical Officer of Elicio Dr Haqq is an oncologist with more than two decades of experience in drug development working across cell therapy, small molecule and biologics in large and small biotech settings.

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PerkinElmer

JANUARY 7, 2020

Successful researchers and companies master and use different technologies, making sure the interpretation of data does not suffer experimental or analytical bias and leads to better success rates and higher profitability for drug developers. In this assay, cells are incubated with the compound and heated.

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Drug Target Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

As the CEO of iOnctura, an innovative oncology biopharmaceutical company she co-founded in 2017, Catherine has played a key role in advancing the development of highly targeted small molecules aimed at revolutionising cancer treatment. Gender diversity is a hot topic in pharmaceutical and biotech drug development.

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KIF1A

JULY 22, 2023

Mutations that helped KIF1A process ATP also rescued synaptic development and movement symptoms. If these mutations change the structure of mutant KIF1A to help it perform better, this begs the question: Can we identify small molecules that fix the structure of mutant R9Q/R11Q KIF1A? Fisetin alleviates R9Q C.

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