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Biologics for bowel disease face threat from cheaper small molecules

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The total sales of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) drugs are estimated to reach approximately $10.2 Additionally, pharmaceutical companies must face the growing swell of bipartisan and public support for increased legislation aimed at increasing transparency and reducing the costs of prescription drugs in the US.”

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The future of drug discovery: Using AI to optimise the hit-to-lead process

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Mirit Eldor , Managing Director, Life Sciences Solutions, Elsevier, looks at how artificial intelligence (AI) can improve the hit-to-lead process for small molecules. Early drug discovery takes an average of three-to-six years and accounts for 42% of total costs 1 in the development of a new drug.

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Astex and MSD expand cancer drug discovery collaboration

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Astex Pharmaceuticals and MSD (Merck & Co) have announced an exclusive worldwide research collaboration to identify small molecule candidates with activity towards a tumour suppressor protein for the treatment of cancer.

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Metabolism of 2022 FDA approved small molecule drugs PART 1

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Metabolism of 2022 FDA approved small molecule drugs – Part 1 Does CYP3A4 still rule? By Julia Shanu-Wilson It won’t come as much surprise to learn that of the 17 small molecules* approved by the FDA in 2022, CYP3A4 was the major player in drug metabolism.

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Tech Focus: How is HTS accelerating early-stage drug discovery?

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Diana Spencer reviews the latest high-throughput screening technologies used for drug discovery and how they can accelerate therapeutics to the clinic. High-throughput screening (HTS) utilises robotics and automation to allow testing of large numbers of chemical and/or biological compounds for a specific biological target.

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This week in drug discovery (27-31 May) 

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The selected news highlights this week report breakthrough findings from early phase research and development, mainly preclinical studies and Phase I clinical trials, including a drug that can prevent sepsis deaths, a microbiome based immuno-oncology candidate, and a plant-based therapy for diarrhoea.

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Podcast: The changing drug discovery and development landscape

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This is the latest episode of the free DDW podcast, “What does the changing drug discovery and development landscape mean for the future?”. They are called “ The potential of small molecules and biologics for new therapeutics ”, “ AE reporting turnarounds and the translation issue ” and “ Why we are on the cusp of a golden age of medicine ”.