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Targeted protein degradation: turning undruggable targets into druggable targets

Drug Target Review

TPD is a rapidly evolving therapeutic modality to degrade a disease-causing proteins, thereby eliminating their function specifically. 1 TPD is expected to challenge undruggable proteins, which are highly difficult to target by conventional small molecules. How does TPD work?

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Looking ahead to AACR  

Drug Discovery World

from Fabien Vincent, Pfizer, Groton, US High content phenotypic and pathway profiling identifies novel drug mechanisms-of-action tailored towards cancers of unmet need by Neil Carragher, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Functional genomics as an enabling tool for phenotypic screening by Matthew Garnett Chemistry to the Clinic: Part 1-3: (..)

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Sosei Heptares and Captor Therapeutics Enter Strategic Technology Collaboration Focused on Targeted GPCR Degradation as Novel Approach for Drug Design

The Pharma Data

Program focused on identifying small molecules that target a GPCR for degradation as potential therapeutic agents for gastrointestinal disorders. Unique combination of novel technologies to enhance GPCR drug discovery and expand capabilities into wider drug target universe.

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Cullgen Announces “Featured Article” Publication of First in Class TRK Protein Degraders in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

The Pharma Data

a leading biotechnology company developing small molecule therapeutics based on its proprietary uSMITE platform of targeted protein degradation technology, today announced that the company’s internal program to develop selective degraders that target key proteins within the TRK family has been published by the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. “In

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Where is the drug discovery expertise happening in the UK?

Drug Discovery World

A company within this ecosystem is STORM Therapeutics, a clinical stage biotechnology company creating novel small molecule therapies that inhibit RNA modifying enzymes (RME) for use in oncology and other diseases. The UK is additionally able to serve the US market with excellent international cultural and linguistic links.

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New trends in DNA-encoded library screening

Drug Discovery World

In the 13 years since it was first described, DNA-encoded library (DEL) technology has become a firmly established approach to small molecule hit generation in drug discovery. Targeted protein degradation and related modalities. Screening of DNA-Encoded Small Molecule Libraries inside a Living Cell.

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