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Lumos Pharma’s Patient-Centric Strategy for Rare Disease Drug Development

XTalks

Among these, rare pediatric diseases present unique challenges and opportunities for rare disease drug development. Pediatric growth hormone deficiency (PGHD) is one such condition, affecting a child’s growth and development. This venture also led me to identify a gap in the market for contract manufacturing of recombinant proteins.

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Targeted breast cancer drug extends lives of patients in Phase III trial

Drug Discovery World

A new type of targeted medicine has shown ‘remarkable’ benefits for patients with advanced breast cancer in a major Phase III clinical trial. . The drug capivasertib combined with hormone therapy doubled the time it took for cancer to progress in people with advanced forms of the most common type of breast cancer. .

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Sym-021 by Les Laboratoires Servier for Solid Tumor: Likelihood of Approval

Pharmaceutical Technology

According to GlobalData, Phase I drugs for Solid Tumor have a 54% phase transition success rate (PTSR) indication benchmark for progressing into Phase II. GlobalData’s report assesses how Sym-021’s drug-specific PTSR and Likelihood of Approval (LoA) scores compare to the indication benchmarks. Buy the report here.

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Scientists create compound that can block cancer metastasis

Drug Discovery World

Scientists from the Chemistry and Biochemistry Departments at the University of Liverpool and Nanjing Medical School in China have discovered a possible way to block proteins that cause metastasis. The post Scientists create compound that can block cancer metastasis appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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ARVINAS AND PFIZER ANNOUNCE GLOBAL COLLABORATION TO DEVELOP AND COMMERCIALIZE PROTAC® PROTEIN DEGRADER ARV-471

The Pharma Data

(NYSE: PFE) today announced a global collaboration to develop and commercialize ARV-471, an investigational oral PROTAC® (PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera) estrogen receptor protein degrader. ER is the primary driver of hormone receptor (HR) positive breast cancer, which is the most common breast cancer subtype.

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New drug combination twice as effective for some ovarian cancer patients

Drug Discovery World

A targeted drug combination for patients with a type of ovarian cancer could be nearly twice as effective as the next best treatment, according to interim results from a Phase II study. Responses to the drug combination were particularly promising in those with a KRAS mutation, with 60% of patients experiencing significant tumour shrinkage.

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COVID-19 and Melatonin: Researchers Use AI To Study New Treatment Option

XTalks

In addition to innovative new antibody drugs and mRNA vaccines, researchers have found that the sleep-regulating hormone melatonin may also offer protection against COVID-19. Lerner researchers developed a novel artificial intelligence platform to identify potential drugs for COVID-19, finding melatonin to be a promising candidate.