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Welcome to new Director David Hulcoop

The Open Targets Blog

This involves scaling up the process of making a few grams of the compound in the lab to hundreds of tonnes in a factory, in an environmentally-friendly, cost-effective way. Process chemistry is incredibly multidisciplinary: in addition to chemists, you need analytical teams to make sure everything is 99.9%

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Metabolism of macrocyclic drugs

Metabolite Tales Blog

A combination therapy of glecaprevir and pibrentasvir has recently been implicated in a case of liver injury. Figure 2 Human metabolism of glecaprevir Involvement of gut bacteria Grazoprevir (MK5172) is also used as part of combination therapy to treat chronic hepatitis C. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 62 (21), 9418-9437.

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Metabolism of de novo designed macrocyclic drugs

Metabolite Tales Blog

A combination therapy of glecaprevir and pibrentasvir has recently been implicated in a case of liver injury. Figure 2 Human metabolism of glecaprevir Involvement of gut bacteria Grazoprevir (MK5172) is also used as part of combination therapy to treat chronic hepatitis C. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 62 (21), 9418-9437.

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Empowering women in STEM: Navigating CMC regulatory affairs

Drug Target Review

Dr Lopa Bakrania brings over 18 years of experience in pharmaceutical process chemistry and CMC regulatory affairs. As Executive Director of CMC Regulatory Affairs at Biohaven , she leads efforts to develop innovative therapies from the clinic to market approval. She is the head of CMC regulatory affairs at Biohaven.

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