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Small Molecules Evolve

Drug Hunter

Small molecule drugs make up most of the drugs we take conveniently as pills, including painkillers like ibuprofen (Advil), antibiotics like penicillin and amoxicillin, or cholesterol-lowering drugs like atorvastatin (Lipitor). The small molecules drugs of today look nothing like the molecules of the 1970s.

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Antibody Drug Conjugates: windows of opportunity

Drug Target Review

These therapies have broadened treatment options for patients to expand beyond the more traditional small molecule drug alternatives. 2 However, when dosed at the MTD, ADCs display improved efficacy over small molecules in oncology trials. 3D rendering of Antibody Drug Conjugate Molecules.

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A new drug approval for the vanguard of RNA-targeted small molecules

Dark Matter Blog

A few years ago, at Arrakis Therapeutics, we set out to conquer a strange new territory, drugging RNA structures with small molecules. In fact, it was these early pharmaceutical successes that gave us the confidence that we would ultimately succeed in systematically drugging a wide range of RNA structures.

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Kura Oncology’s Small Molecules Hint at Major Therapeutic Breakthroughs

The Pharma Data

Precision medicine developer Kura Oncology is positioned to make a meaningful difference in the treatment of cancer in the next few years with its two, wholly-owned, small molecule compounds. Photo courtesy of Kura. It’s in the spotlight, the data is stunning, and it has a lot of promise,” Troy Wilson, Ph.D., CEO, told BioSpace.

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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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Targeted protein degradation: turning undruggable targets into druggable targets

Drug Target Review

1 TPD is expected to challenge undruggable proteins, which are highly difficult to target by conventional small molecules. 1 The concept of TPD was first demonstrated with a heterobifunctional small molecule to degrader a protein of interest in the early 2000s.

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New avenues for rare disease treatment

Drug Target Review

Symptoms were reversed in mouse models and a clinical trial is planned for later this year. 5 This drug candidate is progressing towards the clinic, with phase 1 trials due to start within 18 months. Autophagy boosters, in contrast, are conventional small molecule drugs. References England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2022.

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