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Advances in cell line development

Drug Discovery World

Grand View Research states that the market for cell lines is currently bolstered by the fact that the majority of biopharma companies use cell lines to synthesise recombinant monoclonal antibodies and proteins. It is a crucial for the development of biopharmaceuticals since they use a living host to produce the therapeutic in question.

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RRx-001: Jack of all trades, master of…many

Drug Discovery World

RRx-001 directly and irreversibly binds to a specific amino acid cysteine residue on a protein complex called the NLRP3 inflammasome, which serves as the “on switch” for inflammation. A late-stage clinical trial in head and neck cancer for the treatment of severe oral blistering or oral mucositis caused by radiation therapy is planned.