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Ribometrix and Genentech Partner in Potential $1 Billion+ RNA Deal

The Pharma Data

Durham, North Carolina-based Ribometrix announced a strategic collaboration deal with Genentech , a Roche company, to identify and advance novel RNA-targeted small molecule therapeutics. Targeting RNA is believed to be a way to develop therapeutics for so-called undruggable proteins. The first identifies the 3D RNA motifs.

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Ikena bags $120M; Terns raises $87M for NASH; Ribometrix Genentech Collaboration; Hologic acquires Biotheranostics

Delveinsight

It also slates to commence a Phase Ib trial of its second candidate, TERN-201, a vascular adhesion protein (VAP-1) inhibitor, with top-line data anticipated in the first half of 2022. Ribometrix has presented that many RNAs implicated in disease comprise structural pockets amenable to targeting with small molecules.

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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. Ensuring that the CPP can escape this endosomal compartment is crucial for its bioavailability and bioactivity properties.

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Revolutionizing Medicine and Public Health: The Emergence of Big Data in Healthcare

Roots Analysis

Some of the areas she has worked on include protein design and engineering, metabolomics services, bioavailability enhancement technologies and services, plasmid DNA manufacturing, NAMPT inhibitors, and big data analytics in healthcare domain.

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Considerations for Neuroscience Trials with Intrathecal Delivery and Other Methods of Direct CNS Administration

XTalks

A major obstacle for CNS drug developers is the inability to target therapies to the CNS broadly (for instance, a therapy that is orally bioavailable as a pill and has difficulty crossing the blood-brain barrier) and certain CNS regions more specifically. What About Small Proteins and Antibodies Reaching Extracellular CNS Targets?

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