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UK dementia research gets £49.9 million funding boost

Drug Discovery World

Head of clinical trials at the University College London (UCL) Dementia Research Centre, Dr Cath Mummery, has been announced as the Director of a new network of dementia trial sites across the country. The UK government has authorised £49.9 ($63.4) million of new funding to improve access to clinical trials and help accelerate the development of new treatments.

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Scammed! Animals 'led by the nose' to leave plants alone

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Fake news works for wallabies and elephants. Herbivores can cause substantial damage to crops or endangered or protected plants, with traditional methods to deter foraging lethal, expensive or ineffective. Biologists are now using aromas from plants naturally repellent with remarkable success to deter the animals.

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Join the DDW team at SLAS2024 in Boston

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The DDW team is looking forward to meeting you at SLAS2024, Boston, US on 3-7 February. New for this year is the DDW track at the SLAS Ignite Theater , co-sponsored by Integra Biosciences and Hamamatsu Corporation. Industry experts will share their experiences of how drug discovery technology is driving innovation from bench to bedside. The track is free to attend but spaces are limited.

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Could natural terpenes be an alternative for the treatment of neglected tropical diseases?

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Terpenes are compounds that inhibit the growth of Leishmania spp, Schistosoma spp, and Echinococcus spp, cause changes in parasite ultrastructure, inhibit enzyme activity, and modulate the immune response. Their use in combination therapy decreases the concentration of the reference drug used. Abstract Existing chemotherapy for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) can often be toxic and ineffective, highlighting the necessity for new treatments.

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How Machine Learning Drives Clinical Trial Efficiency

Clinical trial data management is increasingly challenging as studies grow in complexity. Quickly accessing and analyzing study data is vital for assessing trial progress and patient safety. In this paper, we explore real-time data access and analysis for proactive study management. We investigate using adverse event (AE) data to monitor safety and discuss a clinical analytics platform that supports collaboration and data review workflows.

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This week in drug discovery (29 January – 2 February) 

Drug Discovery World

News round-up for 29 January – 2 February by DDW Digital Content Editor Diana Spencer. Sunday 4 February is World Cancer Day, an international awareness day led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), so the round-up this week will focus on oncology, including the UK approval of a rare blood cancer drug and a novel production process for CAR-T therapies.

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An overview of endometrial cancer

Antidote

Endometrial cancer, also known as endometrial carcinoma or uterine cancer , is a condition that approximately 66,000 individuals are diagnosed with annually, and instances rise roughly 2% in the United States each year. Because it is often caught early, a person’s prognosis is typically good — but it is still a disheartening diagnosis that significantly impacts the lives of those who experience it.

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How 3D human tissue models are transforming drug discovery

Drug Target Review

What specific limitations in mirroring diseases in humans are commonly observed when using animal models for preclinical research? The standard animal model paradigm for drug discovery does not translate well to effects in patients for a number of reasons. For one, animal models require disease induction, either genetic or surgical modifications, diet, or application of a disease inducing agent or toxin, yet this is nothing like how diseases progress in humans, which typically take years to deve

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New DDW Events podcast: A welcome to SLAS 2024

Drug Discovery World

For this year’s SLAS2024 conference in Boston (which takes place 3-7 February), DDW’s Megan Thomas narrates articles from the DDW SLAS2024 supplement as part of the DDW Events podcast series. This is episode one, called, “A welcome to SLAS 2024”, which includes two comment pieces. Thomas wrote the first one, The journey from lab to patient , which focuses on the theme of the track curated by DDW taking place in the Ignite Theater at SLAS 2024.

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Biotech in 2024: Opportunities, Trends & Challenges

Fierce BioTech

The annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference is a key date in the industry calendar that is always met with reflection and anticipation. | In this exclusive interview, ICON Biotech President Chris Smyth paints a picture of the operating environment facing biotechs in 2024.

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Financing extension for small molecule neoantigen immuno-oncology company 

Drug Discovery World

NeoPhore has announced a further extension of £9.6 million (approximately $12.2 million) to its Series B financing round, bringing the total raised to £31.1 million (approximately $39.5 million). The company is building a pipeline of small molecule drugs targeting novel proteins across the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) pathway to generate next-generation immuno-oncology therapeutics to improve clinical outcomes for cancer patients.

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Deliver Fast, Flexible Clinical Trial Insights with Spotfire

Clinical research has entered a new era, one that requires real-time analytics and visualization to allow trial leaders to work collaboratively and to develop, at the click of a mouse, deep insights that enable proactive study management. Learn how Revvity Signals helps drug developers deliver clinical trial data insights in real-time using a fast and flexible data and analytics platform to empower data-driven decision-making.

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Brain drug developer Alto Neuroscience prices $129M IPO

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The California biotech is the third this year to go public, following stock offerings from CG Oncology and Arrivent Biopharma.

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The building blocks of AI success stories

Drug Discovery World

Dr Mike Tarselli , Chief Scientific & Knowledge Officer at TetraScience, was Scientific Director of SLAS until 2020, and will be chairing his first event this year. He shares his insight with Megan Thomas. From pharma to non-profit “I probably wouldn’t have the role I have now if I hadn’t worked for SLAS,” Tarselli reflects. When he first got involved with the organisation, he had been the Associate Director of Novartis for the previous five years.

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Why Some Folks Get COVID and Others Never Do

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Everyone knows someone who gets COVID-19 repeatedly, and they probably also have that annoying friend who's never had the illness. What gives? According to new research, over the long-term it's probably.

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New Report: How GoodRx Improves the Economics of Healthcare

Drug Channels

Today’s guest post comes from Divya Iyer, SVP of Go-to-Market Strategy at GoodRx. Divya shares highlights from GoodRx’s new research report: The GoodRx Effect: How GoodRx Improves the Economics of Healthcare. She highlights how GoodRx’s integrated pharma copay cards help to improve medication access, therapy adherence, and overall health outcomes. Click here to download the full report and learn more about partnering with GoodRx to drive patient access for your brand.

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Clinical Data Like You´ve Never Seen It Before: Why Spotfire Is the Leading Tool for Clinical Analytics

Clinical development organizations face a wide array of challenges when it comes to data, many of which can impact the operational effectiveness of their clinical trials. In this whitepaper, experts from Revvity Signals explore how solutions like TIBCO® Spotfire® enable better, more streamlined studies. The whitepaper also features a success story from Ambrx, a leading biopharmaceutical company, detailing how it has leveraged Spotfire to tackle data quality and collaboration challenges in clinic

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Neighborhood Gyms Can Be a Lifeline for Stroke Survivors

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 -- Exercise is crucial to recovering from a stroke, helping victims regain lost physical and mental function.And stroke survivors are more likely to remain physically active -- or even exercise more than before -- if they have.

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Exploiting the Cullin E3 Ligase Adaptor Protein SKP1 for Targeted Protein Degradation

Covalent Modifiers

Seong Ho Hong, Anand Divakaran, Akane Osa, Oscar W. Huang, Ingrid E. Wertz, and Daniel K. Nomura ACS Chemical Biology 2024 DOI: [link] Targeted protein degradation with proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) is a powerful therapeutic modality for eliminating disease-causing proteins through targeted ubiquitination and proteasome-mediated degradation.

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'Whole Blood' Transfusions Might Save More Lives

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 -- Patients who are bleeding out have a better chance of surviving if they’re given whole blood transfusions, a new study shows.Traditionally, patients with significant bleeding are given transfusions of specific blood.

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Why are people climate change deniers?

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Do climate change deniers bend the facts to avoid having to modify their environmentally harmful behavior? Researchers ran an online experiment involving 4,000 US adults, and found no evidence to support this idea. The authors of the study were themselves surprised by the results. Whether they are good or bad news for the fight against global heating remains to be seen.

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CDC Warns That 'Gas Station Heroin' May Contain Synthetic Pot

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 -- It's known by the street name "gas station heroin," but a new government report finds the highly addictive supplement Neptune's Fix may also contain synthetic pot.The product has already been linked to seizures, brain.

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Gene editing precisely repairs immune cells

SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

Some hereditary genetic defects cause an exaggerated immune response that can be fatal. Using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool, such defects can be corrected, thus normalizing the immune response, as researchers led by Klaus Rajewsky from the Max Delbrück Center now report in “Science Immunology.” Credit: Elijah D. Lowenstein and Xun Li, K.

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Women Are More Prone to Autoimmune Disorders Than Men, and Scientists May Know Why

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 -- Women are much more prone than men to develop autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and lupus.Now, researchers have come up with a potential explanation for that -- one that's rooted in genes that.

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HMSOM researchers: Data shows clinical trials becoming more inclusive

SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

Clinical trials and medical research have been historically lacking in diversity among all groups. Credit: Hackensack Meridian Health Clinical trials and medical research have been historically lacking in diversity among all groups.

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Ancient Greeks Seldom Hit by Dementia, Suggesting It's a Modern Malady

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 -- Dementia seems like a disorder that’s always haunted the human race.But this form of severe memory loss is actually a modern malady, if classical Greek and Roman physicians are to be believed.A new analysis of ancient.

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Clinique partners with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to establish the Mount Sinai-Clinique Healthy Skin Dermatology Center

SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

New York, NY (February 2, 2024) – Clinique and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai today announced a philanthropic partnership to establish the Mount Sinai-Clinique Healthy Skin Dermatology Center.

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Latest COVID Vaccine Shields Against Current Dominant Strain

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 -- In some good news for those folks who rolled up their sleeves for the latest COVID vaccine last fall, new government research shows the updated shots halve the chances of getting a symptomatic infection.“Everything from.

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Welch Foundation supports Johnson-Winters’ TB research

SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

With a $300,000 grant, the Welch Foundation is supporting University of Texas at Arlington research into why some types of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacteria that causes the lung disease tuberculosis (TB), do not respond to treatments.

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Dermatologists' Group Offers Latest Guidance on Acne

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 -- It might take a combination of treatments to rein in problem acne in teens and adults, updated guidelines from the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) suggest.The guidelines on the all-too-common condition (acne affects.

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Neptune-like exoplanets can be cloudy or clear

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Astronomers have shown new atmospheric detail in a set of 15 exoplanets similar to Neptune. While none could support humanity, a better understanding of their behavior might help us to understand why we don't have a small Neptune, while most solar systems seem to feature a planet of this class.

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Scientists Spot Brain Cells That Prepare You to Speak

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 -- Advanced brain recording techniques have revealed how neurons in the human brain work together to produce speech.The recordings provide a detailed map of how people think about what words they want to say and then speak them.

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Arch, a prolific biotech creator, is raising $3B for startup investing

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

A regulatory filing shows the firm is putting together a new multibillion-dollar fund, roughly two years after raising a similar amount.

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Stroke Recovery Could Depend on Where You Live

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 -- For stroke survivors, the relative affluence of their neighborhood could be a factor in how well and how soon they recover, new research shows.Compared to Americans living in better-off locales, those living in areas plagued.

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New patent for Abbvie drug UBRELVY

Drug Patent Watch

Annual Drug Patent Expirations for UBRELVY Ubrelvy is a drug marketed by Abbvie and is included in one NDA. It is available from one supplier. There are six patents protecting… The post New patent for Abbvie drug UBRELVY appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Dental Group Says Lead Aprons No Longer Needed for X-Rays

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 -- The heavy lead apron dentists drape over you during dental X-rays may soon be a thing of the past.

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New patent for Mayne Pharma drug ANNOVERA

Drug Patent Watch

Annual Drug Patent Expirations for ANNOVERA Annovera is a drug marketed by Mayne Pharma and is included in one NDA. It is available from one supplier. There are seven patents… The post New patent for Mayne Pharma drug ANNOVERA appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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