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FDA expands organ-on-a-chip research collaboration

Drug Discovery World

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and CN Bio have expanded their collaboration for the second time, with new research aiming to evaluate multi-organ microphysiological systems (MPS) using the PhysioMimix Multi-organ System. . Bioavailability is defined as the fraction of drug reaching the bloodstream.

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Betta to commercialise C4 Therapeutics’ CFT8919 in greater China

Pharmaceutical Technology

C4 Therapeutics has entered an exclusive licensing agreement with Betta Pharmaceuticals to develop and commercialise CFT8919 across the greater China region. It is expected to accelerate the development of CFT8919 in important international markets.

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Fibrosis research: Advances and challenges 

Drug Discovery World

Fibrocor Therapeutics, a developer of novel therapeutics to treat fibrosis, recently appointed Piet Wigerinck as Chief Scientific Advisor. This has hindered development of drugs so that, from a therapeutic intervention point of view, fibrosis research is still in its infancy.

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NRG announces £16m Series A for IND for Parkinson’s and ALS

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A pre-clinical pipeline of potential first-in-class brain-penetrant small molecule inhibitors of the mitochondrial permeability pore (mPTP) are to be developed. A £16 million Series A financing – led by Omega Funds – has been announced by the innovative neuroscience company NRG Therapeutics Ltd., It has been supporting NRG’s work since 2019.

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Cell-penetrating peptides as a delivery system for oligonucleotides

Drug Discovery World

Oligonucleotides act on the RNA level through different molecular pathways, but there is a major drawback when using them as drugs: their poor bioavailability and cellular uptake. Over the years, a range of different CPPs have been developed, including natural translocating proteins through to newly-designed computer-prediction sequences 3.

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Innovative Companies Diving into The Neuro Market Ahead of 2021

The Pharma Data

Liebisch , Vigil Neuroscience is developing a pipeline of precision-based therapies to combat both rare and common neurodegenerative diseases by restoring the vigilance of microglia. It will if the following five companies, which all launched this year with Series A financing, have anything to say about it. . Vigil Neuroscience.

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Kronos Bio Announces Publication of Preclinical Study Results for Investigational CDK9 Inhibitor KB-0742 in Cell Chemical Biology

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Research s howed KB-0742 i nhibited a ndrogen r eceptor -d ependent a ctivity and r educed t umor g rowth in c astration -r esistant p rostate c ancer. We designed KB-0742 to be an orally bioavailable CDK9 inhibitor with a differentiated selectivity profile,” said Norbert Bischofberger, Ph.D., SAN MATEO, Calif., and CAMBRIDGE, Mass.,

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