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Oral Protein / Peptide-based Drugs: Addressing Key Unmet Needs Across Disease Indications

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Orally administrable protein / peptide-based therapeutics offer several advantages including, effective treatment of numerous clinical conditions and degenerative disorders. Pipeline Overview of Oral Peptide and Protein-based Therapeutics. Oral Protein / Peptide-based Drugs. Oral Protein / Peptide-based Drugs.

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China’s NMPA approves BeiGene’s Brukinsa to treat WM, CLL/ SLL

Pharmaceutical Technology

The small molecule Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor Brukinsa has been specially designed for delivering sustained BTK protein inhibition by optimising bioavailability, half-life, and selectivity.

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BeiGene’s Brukinsa receives UK marketing authorisations to treat cancers

Pharmaceutical Technology

Brukinsa is a small-molecule Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor specially designed for delivering sustained and targeted BTK protein inhibition by optimising bioavailability, half-life, and selectivity. The regulatory approval for the BTK inhibitor to treat CLL was based on Phase III SEQUOIA and ALPINE clinical trials.

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EC approves BeiGene’s chronic lymphocytic leukaemia therapy

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It was specifically designed to provide targeted and sustained BTK protein inhibition by optimising bioavailability, selectivity, and half-life. Currently, Brukinsa is being assessed in a broad clinical programme as monotherapy and along with other therapies for the treatment of several B-cell malignancies.

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PROTACs show promise for cancer treatment

Pharmaceutical Technology

Development of PROTACs (PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras) has advanced fairly rapidly as excitement grows over their potential to selectively degrade proteins that are involved in various diseases, including cancer. PROTACs are a type of heterobifunctional degrader that offers multiple advantages over traditional small molecules.

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The New Frontier in Drug Development: Understanding Biologics and Small Molecules

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Biologics: Biologics are large, complex molecules, often proteins, that are produced using living cells. Mode of Action : Small Molecules: They often work by binding to specific sites on target proteins to inhibit or activate their function, which can affect various biological pathways inside the cell.

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

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If these mitochondrial therapeutics were to be successful in clinical trials, they would be the first disease-modifying medicine to actually prevent or delay progression of these diseases. In ALS , the protein TDP-43 triggers neuroinflammation via activation of the innate immune sensor STING.