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New drug triggers rapid cell death in cancer models

Broad Institute

New drug triggers rapid cell death in cancer models By Karen Zusi-Tran October 29, 2024 Breadcrumb Home New drug triggers rapid cell death in cancer models BRD-810 inhibits the MCL1 protein and reactivates apoptosis in tumor cells, displaying therapeutic potential in animal models. The result was the compound named BRD-810.

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Vertex Bags Experimental Drug for Rare Liver Disease after Disappointing Phase 2 Results | 2020-10-15

The Pharma Data

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has decided to give up on its experimental VX-814, a small molecule drug for the rare genetic disease Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), canning the drug’s development after seeing lackluster results from an early phase 2 trial.

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VALILTRAMIPROSATE

New Drug Approvals

Alzheon licensed ALZ-801 from NeuroChem and is developing it for Alzheimer’s disease. Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Safety of ALZ-801, a Novel Prodrug of Tramiprosate in Development for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2016 ; Abushakra et al., 2018; 32(9): 849–861. [2]. Hey JA, et al.

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Deconstructing the Diligence Process: An Approach to Vetting New Product Theses

LifeSciVC

Is a novel target at the inflection point where enough evidence is available to suggest it may prove to be a compelling drug? Directionality and Druggability: Does the proposed “direction” of insult and therapeutic intervention make sense, and can we drug our novel target with a compelling modality?

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Steep FY2025 PDUFA Fee Increase: Ways to Reduce the Full Fee Rate for Repurposed Drugs

The Premier Consulting Blog

On July 31, 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Fiscal Year 2025 (FY2025) Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2022 (PDUFA VII) fee rates for the review of human drug and biological product applications along with prescription drug program fees.

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Merck Strikes $1B+ Deal to Leverage Janux’s T Cell Engager Program Against Cancer

The Pharma Data

Merck will select cancer targets and harness Janux’s proprietary Tumor Activated T Cell Engager (TRACTr) technology to engineer novel, T cell engager drug candidates. Previous technologies have been constrained by dose-limiting toxicities, poor pharmacokinetic profiles, and attenuated efficacy. million per target, the company said.

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Some Thoughts on Biotech vs Pharma for Computational Chemists

Practical Cheminformatics

A recent editorial by Dean Brown in J Med Chem and follow-up posts by Keith Hornberger and Derek Lowe prompted me to think about how we train computational chemists and cheminformaticians for careers in drug discovery. It is rare for graduate students to be exposed to tasks like optimizing pharmacokinetics or off-target binding.