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

Roots Analysis

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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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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Pfizer puts up $1bn to buy into Arvinas breast cancer programme

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Pfizer has pledged a whopping $1 billion upfront for rights to an Arvinas drug for breast cancer from its protein degrader platform, which harnesses cells’ natural protein-denaturing machinery to remove rogue proteins associated with disease.

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Cullgen Announces “Featured Article” Publication of First in Class TRK Protein Degraders in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

The Pharma Data

a leading biotechnology company developing small molecule therapeutics based on its proprietary uSMITE platform of targeted protein degradation technology, today announced that the company’s internal program to develop selective degraders that target key proteins within the TRK family has been published by the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

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CycPeptMPDB: A database aimed at promoting drug design using cyclic peptides

The Pharma Data

CycPeptMPDB, a novel database – created by Tokyo Tech researchers – focused on the membrane permeability of cyclic peptides, could accelerate the development of drugs based on these promising compounds. That is why, in recent years, cyclic peptides have become a very active research area.

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EverGrain’s Line of Barley-Based Products Scores Upcycled Certification

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EverGrain Ingredients, a barley protein and fiber solutions company, recently received certification from the Upcycled Food Association (UFA) for its entire portfolio of products. billion by 2027 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of two percent, according to Research and Markets.

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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.