The October edition of Small Molecules of the Month includes several potential best-in-class clinical candidates including but not limited to a second-gen LPA1 antagonist from BMS, two muscle modulators from Cytokinetics, and a Janssen pan-genotype, pan-serotype Dengue virus inhibitor. There …
In Aug. 2021, immuno-oncology company, Trillium Therapeutics, was acquired by Pfizer for $2.3 billion, adding Trillium’s two CD47-targeting biologics, TTI-621 and TTI-622, to Pfizer’s oncology pipeline. The acquisition followed Gilead’s $4.9B buyout of Forty Seven in early 2020, after clinical …
The September edition of Small Molecules of the Month, features a number of fascinating molecules and mechanisms, including a beta-lactamase inhibitor optimized to have single agent antibiotic activity, a biased agonist of S1P1 that minimizes receptor internalization in favor of …
Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) have gone through several waves of enthusiasm since being first tested in animal models in the 1960’s. The first clinical trials with ADCs were conducted in the 1980’s, and an ADC was first approved in 2000 (Mylotarg, …
Recently our non-profit partner, California Life Sciences, completed nominations for the 2021 Pantheon Award for Scientific Advancement. We’re glad to see several drug hunters and drug discovery companies across the award categories, and we hope you’ll help get some industry …
The August edition of Small Molecules of the Month, features a recently approved, dibasic oral kallikrein inhibitor, a spirocyclobutene-containing FXR agonist, a NaV1.6 clinical candidate, a remarkably long acting RIPK2 PROTAC, and several other interesting clinical candidates. Thanks to reviewers …