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Genentech takes up a deal to make ‘molecular glue’ drugs

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Targeted protein degradation has emerged as one of the more competitive areas of pharmaceutical research in recent years as scientists develop new ways to reach difficult-to-drug targets.

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Targeted protein degradation: turning undruggable targets into druggable targets

Drug Target Review

Unlike traditional drug discovery, which focuses on inhibiting or activating proteins, TPD offers a more precise and efficient way to alter cellular pathways. 1 The concept of TPD was first demonstrated with a heterobifunctional small molecule to degrader a protein of interest in the early 2000s. How does TPD work? Nature News.

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Evotec Achieves Key Milestones in Its Collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb On Targeted Protein Degradation

The Pharma Data

Evotec and Bristol Myers Squibb (the successor in interest to Celgene ) initiated their long-term strategic drug discovery and development partnership in the field of targeted protein degradation in 2018 with the goal to identify novel drug targets.

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Sygnature Discovery and UBE Corporation successfully identify potent SHP2 Degrader Compounds

Sygnature Discovery

Sygnature Discovery identifies potent SHP2 degrader compounds using its proprietary targeted protein degrader platform, CHARMED, in collaboration with Japanese specialty chemical company, UBE Corporation.

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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

Targeted protein degradation (TPD) is an approach whereby the body’s natural process for degrading proteins is diverted using small molecule drugs to eliminate disease-causing proteins. . TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, England , Dec. No further financial details are disclosed.

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Antibody-drug conjugates payloads: then, now and next

Drug Target Review

Before joining Abzena in 2015, he held multiple positions of increasing responsibility in Biotech including Head of Cellular Immunology at Cantab Pharmaceuticals, Director of Programs at Piramed Pharma, and R&D Director at Immune Targeting systems. 102 , 1–6 (2016). link] Park H-K, et al.

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Brain organoids: a fascinating and powerful tool for drug discovery

Drug Target Review

Pharmaceutics. Pharmaceutics. Her research interest is in the neuroscience and oncology areas using both traditional and targeted protein degradation approaches. Cerebral organoids at the air-liquid interface generate diverse nerve tracts with functional output. Nature Neuroscience. 22:669-679 (2019). 12(3) (2023).

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