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Small Molecule of the Year – 2022

Drug Hunter

We asked the global drug discovery community to nominate and vote on their favorite molecule from 2022, and the results are in. The 2022 winner, with the most overall votes across the ten finalist molecules , is BMS’ oral, deuterated allosteric TYK2 inhibitor, deucravacitinib, the first new treatment for plaque psoriasis in nearly a decade.

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Research consortium to focus on drug discovery for paediatric cancers

Drug Discovery World

With an initial investment of £28 million in resources and funding, LifeArc and Cancer Research UK have launched a new initiative to develop medicines exclusively for children’s and young people’s cancers. C-Further will bring together researchers, clinicians, scientists and industry to provide support, finance and expertise.

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Meet the Researcher: Dr Joanne Taylor

Drug Discovery World

DDW’s Megan Thomas looks at a day in the life of Dr Joanne Taylor , Senior Vice President and Head of Discovery Research at Gain Therapeutics. MT: Can you provide a top line summary of your research? JT: Unfortunately, there are no approved disease modifying therapies for Parkinson’s disease, only symptomatic treatments.

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Interactions of small molecule inhibitors with secreted phospholipase A2: A review of the structural data

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

sPLA 2 inhibitors have been developed for the treatment of inflammatory and other conditions such as cardiovascular disease, arteriosclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. The three-dimensional structures presented in this review have been published by various research groups and have been deposited in the Protein Data Bank.

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NYU scientists discover promising new candidate for pain treatment

Drug Discovery World

A new compound reversed four types of chronic pain in animal studies, according to research led by New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry’s Pain Research Center. A first-in-class small molecule Protein CRMP2 is a key regulator of the Cav2.2 calcium channel that binds to the channel from the inside.

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Evotec and Variant Bio partner to develop fibrosis treatments

Drug Discovery World

Evotec and Variant Bio have announced a collaboration agreement to identify a best-in-class treatment for diseases caused by fibrosis. Despite the chronic nature of fibrotic conditions, widespread impact on various organs, and substantial disease burden, there is currently no curative treatment for these conditions.

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Immuno-oncology collaboration to develop new type of cancer drug

Drug Discovery World

Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, are teaming up with small molecule neoantigen immuno-oncology company NeoPhore to develop new potential cancer drugs. New treatments aim to take advantage in cancer cells’ DNA repair mechanisms. Image: Human breast cancer cells stained for DNA (red).