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Highs and lows of drug repurposing 

Drug Discovery World

It’s why pharmaceutical companies will often spend up to 10 years and upwards of $1 billion before receiving regulatory approval for a drug. This is a stark contrast to the often decade-long projects that pharmaceutical companies undertake to bring a drug to market. Diving into data .

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What recent paediatric guidelines mean for drug developers 

Drug Discovery World

The section on ‘clinical pharmacology considerations’ covers the physiological differences in paediatric patients that can be attributed to pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the compound/drug of interest. The guidance is for pharmaceutical companies conducting paediatric clinical trials in the EU using the PIP procedure.

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The Race for Ozempic Alternatives: Unlocking the Future of Weight Loss Medication

DrugBank

Inspired by its success, pharmaceutical companies are pursuing the development of drugs with similar therapeutic profiles, aiming to expand treatment options. Key Players and Challenges For pharmaceutical giants like Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, 2024 presents both opportunities and challenges.

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Meet the Researcher: Dennis Brown, Kintara Therapeutics 

Drug Discovery World

Those are the beginning of additional manufacturing, scale of chemistry pharmacokinetics, pharmacology assays, development bioanalytical assays, and then moving forward toxicology work to start the initial clinical trials. Then, we move forward with what are called Investigational New Drug enabling studies.

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Where is the promise for plant-based medicines? Part 1: Cannabis  

Drug Discovery World

Significantly, in January 2023, the FDA finalised a 2020 draft guidance outlining how sponsors and investigators can conduct clinical trials for certain drugs containing cannabis or cannabis-derived compounds without running afoul of federal law 2. Jazz Pharmaceuticals has supplied the cannabidiol for the trials at no cost.

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Pioneering access to complex generic products 

Drug Discovery World

For instance, the development team would have to perform a deep characterisation study to understand the goalpost and which formulation might be successful or which characteristics might influence the pharmacokinetic (PK) study while determining how the body handles the substance.

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Takeda Announces U.S. FDA Grants Priority Review for New Drug Application for Mobocertinib (TAK-788) as a Treatment for EGFR Exon20 Insertion+ Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

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Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited ( TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK ) (“Takeda”) today announced that that the U.S. The NDA for mobocertinib is primarily based on results from the Phase 1/2 trial , which is evaluating the safety and efficacy of oral mobocertinib in patients with mNSCLC. About the Phase 1/2 Trial. Lauren Padovan.

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