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Unlocking Undruggable Targets: Shifting Paradigms in Modern Drug Discovery

DrugBank

One approach is to look beyond the traditional drug molecule. Researchers are experimenting with biologics—larger biological molecules that can do things small molecules can't, like targeting larger, more complex structures on cell surfaces or even inside cells.

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The power of combinations in blood cancers

Drug Target Review

These regimens frequently include one or two small molecule inhibitors and immuno-oncology (IO) therapies, such as monoclonal antibodies and T-cell engagers. To bring us closer to curing cancer, a combination of effective drugs with non-overlapping mechanisms of action is required. References Blood Cancer UK.

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Gilead Strengthens Early Pipeline in Oncology and Inflammation Through the Acquisition of XinThera

The Pharma Data

Through the acquisition, Gilead gains rights to a portfolio of small molecule inhibitors targeting PARP1 for oncology and MK2 for inflammatory diseases that could enter clinical trials later this year. XinThera is backed by a group of international investors including Foresite Capital, OrbiMed Advisors, LLC and TTM Capital.

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AI Tool CHIEF Paints a Landscape of a Cancer, Refining Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis

PLOS: DNA Science

Gleevec is a small molecule that interferes with entry of an enzyme – a tyrosine kinase – that enables growth signals to enter specific cells and trigger division. A name ending in “nib” means a small molecule that inhibits an enzyme called a kinase, and is short for “inhibit.”

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A backpack full of multiple sclerosis therapy

The Pharma Data

These “acute inflammatory lesions” then attract other myeloid cells, as well as self-reactive T and B cells that belong to the immune system’s second arm, known as the “adaptive immune system” and directly attack the myelin covering. “Current MS therapies do not specifically target myeloid cells. .

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OBI Pharma Announces Presentations at ESMO Asia 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting for OBI-833, a Novel Anti-Globo H Targeted Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine

The Pharma Data

.” Ming-Tain Lai, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at OBI Pharma stated, “In the trial, OBI-833 demonstrated a favorable safety profile and generated detectable anti-Globo H IgM/IgG responses. Title: A phase I cohort expansion trial of OBI-833 in non-small cell lung cancer patients. Presenter: Ching-Liang Ho MD, et.al.

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FDA Action Alert: Merck, Aurinia and Amgen

The Pharma Data

By inhibiting calcineurin, the drug blocks IL-2 expression and T-cell mediated immune responses. Only two days earlier, on December 15, Aurinia expanded an exclusive manufacturing relationship with Switzerland’s Lonza to build a dedicated manufacturing capacity within Lonza’s existing small molecule API facility in Visp, Switzerland.

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