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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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Cancer immunotherapy candidate provokes powerful dual response in cancer and immune cells

Broad Institute

By Allessandra DiCorato October 4, 2023 Credit: AbbVie The new small molecule inhibitor (green) sits inside the PTPN2 protein, where acidic sites are marked in red and basic sites are marked in blue. A new small-molecule drug candidate being tested in an early-stage clinical trial aims to improve patient responses to immunotherapy.

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Pfizer and BioNTech Announce Data Demonstrating High Immune Response Following a Booster Dose of their COVID-19 Vaccine in Children 5 Through 11 Years of Age

The Pharma Data

Its broad portfolio of oncology product candidates includes individualized and off-the-shelf mRNA-based therapies, innovative chimeric antigen receptor T cells, bi-specific checkpoint immuno-modulators, targeted cancer antibodies and small molecules. Source link: [link].

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Top five breakthroughs in advancing breast cancer therapies

Drug Discovery World

Our data indicate that the small molecule inhibitor, NSC33353, exhibits anti-tumour activity in TNBC cells and works in a synergistic fashion with a well-known chemotherapeutic agent.”. Read the full story: LSU Health Research Finds New Drug Target for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.

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A Look Back

Dark Matter Blog

My last stop at Arrakis Therapeutics is with a company targeting RNA with small molecules. I was enticed by Arrakis’ founder Jen Petter to serve in one more operational role, leading the research group at Arrakis as the company launched as one of the first biotechs to target RNA with drug-like small molecules.

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Eight announcements to expect at AACR 2023   

Drug Discovery World

Tonix to present positive data on colorectal cancer drug Biopharmaceutical company Tonix Pharmaceuticals will share research results on TNX-1700 (recombinant TFF2 – albumin fusion peptide) as posters at the meeting. Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 9:00-12:30am ET 7.

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Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Children 6 Months through 4 Years of Age

The Pharma Data

In a Phase 2/3 clinical trial, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine elicited a strong immune response in this age group Three 3-µg doses had favorable safety profile similar to placebo in young children ages 6 months through 4 years in Phase 2/3 clinical trial Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine now authorized in the U.S.

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