The Pharma Data

JANUARY 19, 2021

Precision medicine developer Kura Oncology is positioned to make a meaningful difference in the treatment of cancer in the next few years with its two, wholly-owned, small molecule compounds. Photo courtesy of Kura. It’s in the spotlight, the data is stunning, and it has a lot of promise,” Troy Wilson, Ph.D., CEO, told BioSpace.

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DrugBank

MAY 15, 2024

The road to developing effective drugs is fraught with both promise and challenge, particularly when it comes to what scientists call "undruggable" targets. The Evolution of Drug Discovery: From Dark Rooms to Precision Targets In the past, drug discovery often felt like a lucky guess.

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Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) have been a groundbreaking approach to cancer treatment with their ability to deliver cytotoxic drugs directly to diseased cells while sparing healthy tissues. 1 However, efforts proved less effective than the original drugs, owing mostly to insufficient toxicity against cancer cells.

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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. I went on to complete my MBA and PhD at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in drug development.

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Drug Target Review

JULY 6, 2023

1 TPD is expected to challenge undruggable proteins, which are highly difficult to target by conventional small molecules. Unlike traditional drug discovery, which focuses on inhibiting or activating proteins, TPD offers a more precise and efficient way to alter cellular pathways. How does TPD work?

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Drug Target Review

MARCH 28, 2024

Between 2000 and 2020, approximately 30 percent of the newly introduced small molecule drugs were derived from natural products. In short, this hypothesis underscores the potential benefits of aligning pharmaceutical development more closely with nature. Why focus on natural products and phytochemicals?

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

R&D collaboration building on Lead Pharma’s expertise in the discovery, design and optimization of small molecule treatments. Lead Pharma is a pharmaceutical company focusing on the discovery and development of innovative medicines for the treatment of immune diseases and cancer. About Lead Pharma.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Claud — Last week, FDA revised one of its two guidances relating to nitrosamines, Control of Nitrosamine Impurities in Human Drugs. Nitrosamines are impurities that can form during drug manufacturing and are considered potentially potent carcinogens. It’s these varied scenarios that give quality managers nightmares.

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Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 11, 2023

One of our drug candidates at Samara activates Transient Receptor Potential Mucolipin 1 (TRPLM1), a protein that’s at the centre of the degradative machinery that’s so key to autophagy. 5 This drug candidate is progressing towards the clinic, with phase 1 trials due to start within 18 months.

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Drug Hunter

MAY 18, 2023

Dian Su’s journey from chemistry and proteomics to the DMPK of drug conjugates Following a different path comes naturally to Dian Su, Senior Director of DMPK at Bicycle Therapeutics. Dian eventually made her way to Shanghai, where she encountered a much bigger world while earning degrees in pharmaceutical engineering and medicinal chemistry.

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Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Technologies for the rapid and efficient testing of small molecules and biologics have greatly accelerated drug discovery. However, many pharmaceutically relelvant targets remain ‘undruggable’. Impact of DNA-Encoded Chemical Library Technology on Drug Discovery. DNA-encoded chemical libraries. 2022 Jan 17;2(1).

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Drug Patent Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A new lawsuit citing drug patent 7,795,312 has been filed. The small molecule drug covered by this patent is AMITIZA. Takeda Pharmaceutical Company… The post New patent lawsuit: Walgreen CO v. See more details at Walgreen CO v.

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Drug Patent Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A new lawsuit citing drug patent 8,779,187 has been filed. The small molecule drug covered by this patent is AMITIZA. Takeda Pharmaceutical Company… The post New patent lawsuit: Walgreen CO v. See more details at Walgreen CO v.

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Practical Cheminformatics

JANUARY 8, 2024

Picking up where we left off in Part I , this post covers several other ML in drug discovery topics that interested me in 2023. Most of the LLM activity in the drug discovery space in 2023 was reported as preprints from academic groups. Most of the drug discovery examples were underwhelming. Here’s the structure of Part II.

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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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DrugBaron

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Finding small molecule drugs is much harder than finding a needle in a haystack – discovering the right arrangement of atoms to bind precisely to a protein target to elicit a particular response is a problem of vast dimensionality. Yet the situation with small molecules is even worse.

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Conversations in Drug Development Trends

APRIL 4, 2024

Developing pharmaceuticals is a complex process, requiring stringent bioanalytical method validation guidelines to ensure drug safety and efficacy. To help integrate these various regulatory standards, the International Council for Harmonization (ICH) of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use was founded in 2016.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Sosei Group Corporation (“the Company”) (TSE: 4565) announces a progress update for its R&D program focused on the design and development of novel drugs targeting the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and to treat COVID-19. . TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, England , Nov. The program was initiated in April 2020.

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The Premier Consulting Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Process validation is a critical regulatory requirement in pharmaceutical manufacturing. In the case of urgent or immediate public interest, process validation may be conducted concurrently with manufacturing the commercial small molecule or biologic product to expedite product availability for patients.

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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. Cavlan notes that underpinning this use of AI in early discovery is the need to better understand biology.

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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.

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Drug Target Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Could you provide an overview of your research on target directed cancer drug discovery, particularly your focus on protein lagging interactions. 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. 2013) 56, 2059-2073.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Biohaven acquires exclusive global rights to a portfolio of novel, small-molecule CGRP antagonists. Chief Executive Officer of Biohaven, said: “We are excited to enter into this agreement with Sosei Heptares, a world leader in GPCR drug discovery. NURTEC is a trademark of Biohaven Pharmaceutical Ireland DAC.

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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. UCSD, with its world-renowned Center for Microbiome Innovation , provides expertise in microbial genomics and drug discovery platforms.

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Drug Target Review

AUGUST 25, 2023

However, in tissues where the 3 Hs are not present, the small molecule has anti-toxicity activity through 1) direct inhibition of the NLRP3 inflammasome, an inflammation starter and perpetuator, and 2) upregulation of the master antioxidant transcription factor, Nrf2. References Oronsky B, Scribner C, Aggarwal R, Cabrales P.

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 7, 2021

Vividion’s platform is able to produce a variety of small molecule therapies across indications, with initial focus on targets relevant to oncology and immunology. The acquisition of Vividion strengthens Bayer’s small molecule capabilities and expands Bayer’s reach into new modalities.

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DrugBank

MAY 22, 2024

In the dynamic world of drug discovery, the notion of "undruggable" targets presents both a significant challenge and an intriguing frontier for researchers and pharmaceutical companies. A big part of the puzzle is selectivity—the ability of a drug to zero in on specific biological molecules without affecting others.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In a recent paper, researchers at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) combined their proprietary (GSK) and published (CCDC) datasets to better train machine learning (ML) models to predict stable polymorphs to use in new drug candidates. What are the key differences between the CCDC and GSK datasets?

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

(Headquarters: Cambridge, UK, “Wren”) today announced that the companies have entered into an exclusive research collaboration agreement aiming to advance the discovery of novel small molecules that target ?-synuclein is a leading global research and development-based pharmaceutical company headquartered in Japan.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 15, 2020

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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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 5, 2021

Durham, North Carolina-based Ribometrix announced a strategic collaboration deal with Genentech , a Roche company, to identify and advance novel RNA-targeted small molecule therapeutics. This is because many proteins do not have small-molecule binding sites. This is not the first deal for RNA therapeutics for Genentech.

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Dark Matter Blog

JANUARY 16, 2023

Our terra firma is small-molecule medicines. We want a drug that we understand, whose behavior is predictable, that is inexpensive and reliable to make, and that can be packed into trucks and shipped to your local drugstore. Perhaps those proteins could be reached by jumping upstream to the mRNA that encodes them.

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Zobio

MARCH 12, 2024

In person Every year ZoBio is actively participating in the Drug Discovery Chemistry event hosted by the Cambridge Healthtech Institute. This event serves as a premier gathering for medicinal chemists in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, focusing on the challenges and advancements in small molecule drug discovery and optimization.

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Zobio

MARCH 12, 2024

In person Every year ZoBio is actively participating in the Drug Discovery Chemistry event hosted by the Cambridge Healthtech Institute. This event serves as a premier gathering for medicinal chemists in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, focusing on the challenges and advancements in small molecule drug discovery and optimization.

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Zobio

MARCH 12, 2024

In person Every year ZoBio is actively participating in the Drug Discovery Chemistry event hosted by the Cambridge Healthtech Institute. This event serves as a premier gathering for medicinal chemists in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, focusing on the challenges and advancements in small molecule drug discovery and optimization.

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Sygnature Discovery

APRIL 18, 2023

Sygnature Discovery is pleased to have entered into a research collaboration agreement with the global healthcare group Daewoong Pharmaceutical to accelerate the discovery of a novel small molecule to target autoimmune disease.

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Drug Target Review

JUNE 19, 2024

Also, many companies never reached the point where they received validation from big pharmaceutical companies. 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. from May 2017 until December 2022.

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