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  It Takes a Village

  with Joachim Rudolph New drugs are discovered by teams, not individuals. “Drug discovery is a complex undertaking, and I enjoy the collaboration with many people from different disciplines and expertise areas that it takes to solve this impossible puzzle,” says reviewer Joachim Rudolph. Drug Hunter also takes a community to build, and we want to celebrate…

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  Welcome to Phase II

  Dear Drug Hunter, It’s gotten harder and harder to keep up with everything that’s going on in the industry. From new company launches to drug approvals, endless publications to regulatory updates, the volume of information drug discovery leaders need to make good decisions seems endless. Our mission is to save you time by curating industry…

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  CD47-SIRPα Drug Target Minireview

  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 data was presented on Forty Seven’s lead, the anti-CD47 monoclonal antibody, magrolimab. Magrolimab was granted breakthrough therapy designation by…

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  Vote! – 2021 Pantheon Award for Scientific Advancement

  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 drug hunters deserved recognition for their achievements by voting here! We’re glad to see our nominee Dan Erlanson among finalists for the…

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  2021 Pantheon Award for Scientific Advancement

  Afternote: We’re pleased to see Dan Erlanson made it as a finalist in the awards and Amgen’s sotorasib won “Product of the Year.” Well deserved! Thanks to our readers for voting. Which drug hunters are making the greatest scientific contributions to drug discovery R&D? Our non-profit partner, California Life Sciences, is currently taking nominations for scientists…

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  Drug Discovery Papers Meme

  There was a hilarious set of memes circulating the internet on scientific papers thanks to xkcd.com’s original comic. Here’s our drug discovery scientist’s parody. Since people expressed an interest in being able to find this again, here it is: Explore drughunter.com for more on drug discovery.