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Orforglipron’

New Drug Approvals

Orforglipron ( LY-3502970 ) is an oral, non-peptide, small-molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist developed as a weight loss drug by Eli Lilly and Company. [1] then was licensed to Lilly in 2018. [1] 1] It was discovered by Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. percentage points from a starting level of 8%. [1] kg), on average after 40 weeks. [1]

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New drug triggers rapid cell death in cancer models

Broad Institute

This small molecule reactivates the apoptosis cascade in tumor cells while sparing healthy cells in animal models. Previous clinical and laboratory studies on other MCL1 inhibitors have suggested that these molecules can impair heart cells, likely because of prolonged exposure to the compounds. Nature Cancer.

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Crinecerfont

New Drug Approvals

gmol 1 3D model ( JSmol ) Interactive image show SMILES show InChI Prete A, Auchus RJ, Ross RJ: Clinical advances in the pharmacotherapy of congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

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VALILTRAMIPROSATE

New Drug Approvals

Alzheon licensed ALZ-801 from NeuroChem and is developing it for Alzheimer’s disease. Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Safety of ALZ-801, a Novel Prodrug of Tramiprosate in Development for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2016 ; Abushakra et al., 2018; 32(9): 849–861. [2]. Hey JA, et al.

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Vertex Bags Experimental Drug for Rare Liver Disease after Disappointing Phase 2 Results | 2020-10-15

The Pharma Data

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has decided to give up on its experimental VX-814, a small molecule drug for the rare genetic disease Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), canning the drug’s development after seeing lackluster results from an early phase 2 trial. James Miessler.

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Deconstructing the Diligence Process: An Approach to Vetting New Product Theses

LifeSciVC

and whether a molecule’s pharmacology can help to mitigate safety risk. Especially for oligo or small molecule discovery and development, it’s important to understand whether there are highly homologous sequences or proteins that may be impacted by a given therapeutic approach. in liver, in CNS)?

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Selva Therapeutics Announces First Dosing in Phase 1 Clinical Study of SLV213, a Potential Oral Treatment for COVID-19

The Pharma Data

As an orally bioavailable small molecule with broad antiviral activity, SLV213 could be a valuable treatment to meet today’s urgent need to fight COVID-19 as well other life-threatening infectious diseases, such as Chagas disease, Ebola virus disease, and Nipah virus infection.”. About SLV213. About Selva Therapeutics.