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New drug triggers rapid cell death in cancer models

Broad Institute

So the team turned their attention to optimizing the pharmacokinetic profile of BRD-810 to preserve its ability to kill tumor cells without negatively affecting heart cells. Tags: Center for the Development of Therapeutics Licensing data, tools, and technologies Cancer Drug discovery Nature Cancer. Online August 23, 2024.

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VALILTRAMIPROSATE

New Drug Approvals

Alzheon licensed ALZ-801 from NeuroChem and is developing it for Alzheimer’s disease. Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Safety of ALZ-801, a Novel Prodrug of Tramiprosate in Development for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2016 ; Abushakra et al., 2018; 32(9): 849–861. [2]. Hey JA, et al.

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Vertex Bags Experimental Drug for Rare Liver Disease after Disappointing Phase 2 Results | 2020-10-15

The Pharma Data

The study, which involves approximately 50 patients with the rare liver and lung disease, raised concerns about the experimental treatment’s safety and pharmacokinetic profile. That trial is continuing to enroll and dose patients, and results are expected in the first half of 2021. James Miessler.

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Merck Strikes $1B+ Deal to Leverage Janux’s T Cell Engager Program Against Cancer

The Pharma Data

Previous technologies have been constrained by dose-limiting toxicities, poor pharmacokinetic profiles, and attenuated efficacy. Janux’s proprietary TRACTr technology is designed to integrate tumor-specific activation with crossover pharmacokinetics to produce best-in-class T cell engager therapeutics. It’s a big bet for Merck.

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AbbVie Snatches Up Antibody from Harbour BioMed to Fight COVID-19 and Related Mutations

The Pharma Data

Harbour BioMed (HBM) announced with Utrecht University on Monday that they have licensed their fully human SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody, 47D11, and its program to AbbVie. ” Under the license agreement, the development of ABBV-47D11 will be greatly advanced. Kate Krav-Rude/Shutterstock. before expanding it into Europe.

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Deconstructing the Diligence Process: An Approach to Vetting New Product Theses

LifeSciVC

Different investors will have comfort with varying “starting points” in the drug discovery funnel; company builders will likely have experience across the spectrum from target nomination to Phase 2 asset in-license, while other investors may prefer to invest at development candidate (DC) nomination stage or later.

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Some Thoughts on Biotech vs Pharma for Computational Chemists

Practical Cheminformatics

It is rare for graduate students to be exposed to tasks like optimizing pharmacokinetics or off-target binding. In these cases, broadening your skillset into other areas like medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, biophysics, pharmacokinetics, and disease biology is important. There are many ways to broaden your skills.