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Last Updated : March 17, 2024

#172-Wed. March 13, 2024- Content Roundup - Mar. 24 Week 2 ( Sponsor;: revvity signals )

#171-Wed. March 6, 2024-Content Roundup - Mar. 24 Week 1

#170-Wed. Feb. 28, 2024 - Content Roundup - Feb. 24 Week 4 ( Sponsor : Hypha)

#169-Wed. Feb. 21, 2024 - Content Roundup - Feb. 24 Week 3

#168-Wed. Feb. 14, 2024 -Molecules Of The Month Jan. 24 - Feb. 24 Week 1

#167-Wed. Feb. 7, 2024-Content Roundup - Feb. 24 Week 1

#166-Wed. Jan. 31, 2024- Content Roundup - Jan. 24 Week 4

#165-Wed. Jan. 24, 2024 - Large Molecule Approvals, KRAS Roundup Part II - Jan. 24 Week 3

#164-Wed. Jan. 18, 2024 - Molecules of the Month December 2023

#163-Tue. Jan. 16, 2024 - 2023 Small Molecule Drug Approvals

#162-Wed. Jan. 10, 2024 -Content Roundup - Jan. 24 Week 2

#161-Wed. Dec. 27, 2023 - Content Roundup - Dec. 23 Week 4

#160-Wed. Dec. 20, 2023 - Content Roundup - Dec. 23 Week 3

#159-Wed. Dec. 13, 2023 - Molecules Of The Month Nov 23 - Dec. 23 Week 2

#158-Wed. Dec. 06, 2023 - Content Roundup - Dec. 23 ( Sponsor: Hypha)

#157-Thurs. Nov. 30 2023 - Content Roundup - Nov. 23 Week 4

#156-Mon. Nov. 20 2023 - Monday Molecules - Compound Collection Highlight

#155-Mon. Nov. 13 2023 - Molecules Of The Month - October 2023 (Sponsor: CCDC)

#154-Fri. Nov. 03 2023 - KRAS Roundup And GLP-1 Review

#153-Sun. Oct. 29, 2023 - Sunday Small Molecules

#152-Sun. Oct. 22, 2023 - vorasidenib (AG-881)

#151-Tues. Oct. 17, 2023 - Molecules Of The Month – September 2023 (Sponsor: Oncodesign Services)

#150-Tues. Oct. 11, 2023 - BTK And ETAR (Sponsor: Malvern)

#148-Fri. Oct. 05, 2023 - Phase III Is Coming

#147-Thurs. Sep. 28, 2023  - Imidazole Metabolism Spotlight (Sponsor: Hypha)

#146-Thurs. Sep. 21, 2023 – Recent Synthesis Highlights From MOTM (Sponsor: Sinocompound)

#145-Tue. Sep. 19, 2023 – Molecules Of The Month – August 2023 (Sponsor: Oncodesign Services)

#144-Wed. Sep. 6, 2023 – Methods For Identifying Ligand Binding Sites In Drug Discovery (Sponsor: Crystals First)

#143-Tue. Aug. 29, 2023 – How To Get Drugs Into The Brain (Sponsor: Oncodesign Services)

#142-Sat. Aug. 19, 2023 – ACS First Disclosures ’23 – 8-21-23 (Sponsor: Crystals First)

#141-Wed. Aug. 9, 2023 – Molecules Of The Month – July 2023 (Sponsor: Nuchem Sciences)

#140-Fri. Jul. 27, 2023 – Sponsored – Ten Ways Degraders Differentiate From Traditional Small Molecules (Sponsor: Revvity Signals)

#139-Mon. Jul. 17, 2023 – 07-17 Round- Up (Sponsor: Revvity Signals)

#138-Thurs. Jun. 27, 2023 – Patent Highlights And Molecules On The Move (Sponsor: Bio-Techne)

#137-Thurs. Jun. 15, 2023 – Molecules Of The Month – May 2023 (Sponsor: Bio-Techne)

#136-Mon. Jun. 12, 2023 –Small Molecules Evolve (Sponsor: Biotechnology Innovation Organization)

#135-Tues. Jun. 6, 2023 – Ring-Closing Metathesis – (Sponsor: Sinocompound)

#134-Thurs. Jun. 1, 2023 – Molecules On The Move – Apr 2023

#133-Mon. May. 22, 2023 – Degrader Radar – April – 2023 (Sponsor: Crystals First)

#132-Fri. May. 12, 2023 – Molecules Of The Month – April 2023 (Sponsor: Biognosys)

#131-Mon. May. 1, 2023 – Target Identification Methods (Sponsor: Pelago Bioscience)

#130-Sun. Apr. 23, 2023 – Journal Club – March 2023

#129-Fri. Apr. 21, 2023 – Small Molecule Of The Year – 2022 (Sponsor: Porton)

#128-Wed. Apr. 19, 2023 – March ’23 AACR Coverage (Sponsor: Hypha Discovery)

#127-Sun. Apr. 16, 2023 – March ’23 Molecules In Motion (Sponsor: Biognosys)

#126-Fri. Apr. 7, 2023 – Molecules Of The Month – March 2023 (Sponsor: CCDC)

#125-Fri. Apr. 2, 2023 – ACS First Disclosures IN 2023 (Sponsor: Biognosys)

#124-Fri. Mar. 24, 2023 – Molecules Of The Month – February 2023 (Sponsor: CCDC)

#123-Tue. Mar. 14, 2023 – 2022 Molecule Madness – Vote For The Molecule Of The Year! (Sponsor: Porton)

#122-Sun. Mar. 12, 2023 – Journal Club Newsletter

#121-Tue. Mar. 7, 2023 – Another KRASG12C Inhibitor In Ph. III, Bayer’s Massive FXIa Ph. III Clinical Trial, And 21 Other Molecules In The News

#120-Tue. Feb. 28, 2023 – Molecules Of The Month – January 2023 (Sponsor: Porton)

#119-Wed. Feb. 22, 2023 – A Potential Best-In-Class KRASG12C Inhibitor? Adagrasib

#118-Tue. Feb. 21, 2023 – Not Your Grandparents’ Drugs: How Approved Drugs Have Evolved Since The 70’S

#117-Fri. Feb. 10, 2023 – Small Molecules In The News – Jan

#116- Fri. Feb. 3, 2023 – 2022 Molecule Of The Year, Nominate!

#115- Tue. Jan. 31, 2023 – Molecules Of The Month – December 2022

#114- Sat. Jan. 28, 2023 – First-In-Class Large Molecule Drug Approvals Of 2022

#113- Tue. Jan. 24, 2023 – AI for All? How Pharma Partnerships Improve Software Solutions

#112- Fri. Jan. 20, 2023 – First-in-Class Small Molecule Drug Approvals of 2022

#111- Wed. Jan. 11, 2023 – January Articles

#110- Sat. Jan. 7, 2023 – 2022 Large Molecule Drug Approvals

#109- Sat. Dec. 31, 2022 – 2022 Novel Small Molecule Drug Approvals

#108- Fri. Dec. 30, 2022 – Molecules Of The Month – November 2022 (Sponsor: Porton)

#107- Tue. Dec. 27, 2022 – The Molecular Glue Degrader Landscape in 2022 (Sponsor: CAS)

#106- Fri. Dec. 16, 2022 – A Covalent KRASi from a Reversible Starting Point

#105- Sun. Dec. 11, 2022 – Why Did Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) Pay $4.1 Billion for Another Kinase Inhibitor? (Sponsor: Hypha Discovery)

#104- Wed. Dec. 7, 2022 – Billion-Dollar Biotransformations: On the Metabolism of Ozanimod (Sponsor: Hypha Discovery)

#103- Wed. Nov. 30, 2022 – Molecules Of The Month – October 2022 A / B (Sponsor: Porton)

#102- Fri. Nov. 18, 2022 – Are Drugs Becoming More Lipophilic Over Time (Sponsor: Nanoform)? 

#101- Tue. Nov. 15, 2022 – PI3K Review (Sponsor: Oncodesign Services)

#100- Wed. Nov. 9, 2022 – AI Series A / B (Sponsor: OpenBench)

#99- Wed. Nov. 2, 2022 – Sinocompound Atropisomers A / B (Sponsor: Sinocompound)

#98- Sun. Oct. 30, 2022 – Molecules Of The Month – September 2022 A / B (Sponsor: Porton)

#97- Tues. Oct. 18, 2022 – August 2022 MOTM Runners Up

#96- Fri. Oct. 14, 2022 – Deucravacitinib Approval

#95- Fri. Oct. 7, 2022 – Voxelotor (GBT Aquisition)

#94- Mon. Oct. 3, 2022 – Computational Partnership In Small Molecule Drug Discovery (Sponsor: Schrodinger)

#93- Fri. Sep. 30, 2022 – Molecules Of The Month – Aug 2022 (Sponsor: Sinocompound)

#92- Tues. Sep. 27, 2022 – August Approvals + Drug Discovery Tech Reviews

#91- Sun. Sep. 25, 2022 – Billion-Dollar Molecules: Avacopan

#90- Sun. Sep. 18, 2022 – MOTM Runners (Sponsor: Pelago)

#89- Wed. Sep. 14, 2022 – First Disclosures From EFMC-ISMC Nice (Sponsor: Optibrium)

#88- Thurs. Sep. 8, 2022 – Phase II Metabolism Poster (Sponsor: Hypha Discovery)

#87- Wed. Aug. 31, 2022 – Molecule Spotlight: Risdiplam

#86- Sun. Aug. 28, 2022 – Molecules Of The Month – July 2022 (Sponsor: Pelago Bioscience)

#85- Thurs. Aug. 25, 2022 – First Disclosures from ACS Chicago

#84- Fri. Aug. 19, 2022 – What Makes a Drug Best-in-Class?

#83- Fri. Aug. 12, 2022 – Small Molecule and Biotechnology-Based Therapeutics for Neurology-Focused Companies: 2021’s IPOs Part V

#82- Fri. Aug. 5, 2022 – Molecules of the Month Runners-Up – June 2022

#81- Fri. Jul. 28, 2022 – Molecules Of The Month – June 2022 (Sponsor: Pelago Bioscience)

#80- Wed. Jul. 27, 2022 – Biotech IPOs 4

#79- Sun. Jul. 24, 2022 – Minimum Viable Experiments with Imperfect Molecules: a Minipump Minirevie (Sponsor: iPrecio)

#78- Tue. Jul. 19, 2022  Ten Moving Targets in 2022

#77- Sun. Jul. 17, 2022 – Why do pKas Matter in Medicinal Chemistry? (Sponsor: Analiza)

#76- Tue. Jul. 12, 2022 – FDA Novel Drug Approvals: June 2022

#75- Sun. Jul. 10, 2022 – Drug Hunters Reunited After 28 Years

#74- Sun. Jun. 26, 2022 – Introducing Molecules Of The Month Runners-Up

#73- Thurs. Jun. 23, 2022 – Shaken by an Unexpected Connection with a Patient

#72- Sun. Jun. 19, 2022 – Molecules of the Month – May 2022 (Sponsor: Nuchem Sciences)

#71- Thurs. Jun. 16, 2022 – NYC Event June 28

#70- Fri. Jun. 10, 2022 – Acceleron’s TGF-Beta Ligand Trap, Trillium’s SIRP-Alpha Fusion Proteins, And Eight Other Large Molecules Acquired In 2021

#69- Tues. Jun. 07, 2022 – Novel Drug Approvals – May 2022

#68- Fri. Jun. 03, 2022 – Drug Discovery IPO Trends In 2021

#67- Tues. May. 31, 2022 – What Is A Best In Class Drug?

#66- Wed. May. 18, 2022 – Molecules Of The Month – April 2022 (Sponsor: Nanoform)

#65- Fri. May. 13, 2022 – Small Molecule Long-Acting Injectables For HIV (A /B)

#64- Thurs. May. 12, 2022 – Fragment-Based Drug Discovery Minireview (A/B)

#63- Tues. May. 10, 2022 – Synthesis Spotlight – Dimethylcyclopropylproline On Production-Scale (Sponsor: BirdoTech)

#62- Sun. May. 7, 2022 – Mechanisms of Assay Interference: AICS and Pains (Sponsor: Nanoform)

#61- Wed. May. 04, 2022 – An Oral Myosin Inhibitor and CYP-Sparing Antifungal (Sponsor: Nanoform)

#60- Tues. May. 03, 2022 – Why Did GSK Pay $1.9B for Momelotinib, an Oral Ph. III Myelofibrosis Candidate? and Literature Review

#59- Fri. Apr. 29, 2022  SF Bay Area Meetup

#58- Thurs. Apr. 28, 2022 – Q1 2022 Webinar Recap Part 1 (A)

#57- Sun. Apr. 24, 2022 – 04-24-22 – Weekly – IND And MA (A/B)

#56- Wed. Apr. 20, 2022 – Molecules Of The Month – March 2022  (A/B)

#55- Mon. Apr. 18, 2022 – Solid Form Strategies For Increasing Oral Bioavailability (Sponsor: Nanoform)

#54- Wed. Apr. 13, 2022 – Letters from Drug Hunters #1 – Apr. 2022 (A/B

#53- Mon. Apr. 11, 2022 – AACR Spring 2022 Disclosures

#52- Thurs. Apr. 7, 2022 – FDA Novel Drug Approvals: March 2022

#51- Sun. Mar. 20, 2022 – 2021 Neurology Drug Approvals: Small Molecule Deep Dive

#50- Sun. Mar. 13, 2022 – Molecules Of The Month – Feb 2022  A/B (Sponsor: Porton)

#49- Thurs. Mar. 10, 2022 – Phase I Drug Metabolism Poster A/B (Sponsor: Hypha Discovery)

#48- Tues. Mar. 08, 2022 – 2021 Molecule Of The Year A/B (Sponsor: Pelago Bioscience)

#47- Sun. Feb. 27, 2022 – HIV Maturation Inhibitor, GSK3640254 A/B (Sponsor: Pelago Bioscience)

#46- Wed. Feb. 23, 2022 – 2021 Oncology FDA Approvals: Small Molecules Deep Dive (A/B)

#45- Thurs. Feb. 17, 2022 – 2021 Molecules of the Year Deep Dive (A/B)

#44- Wed. Feb. 16, 2022 – It’s Always Seems Impossible Until It’s Done

#43 – Tues. Feb. 15, 2022 – 2021 First-In-Class Small Molecule Drugs Deep Dive

#42 – Sun. Feb. 13, 2022 – Molecules of the Month – Jan. 2022 (A/B (Sponsor: Pelago Bioscience)

#41 – Wed. Feb. 9, 2022  Molecules of the Year

#40 – Sun. Feb. 6, 2022 – 2021 Large Molecule Drug Approvals Review – Pt. 2 (A/B)

#39 – Thurs. Feb. 3, 2022 – Advisory Board: Andrew Setikas

#38 – Tues. Feb. 1, 2022 – 2021 Large Molecule Drug Approvals Review (A/B)

#37 – Mon. Jan. 31, 2022 – Advisory Board: Gary Yeung, CFA

#36 – Wed. Jan. 26, 2022 – Advisory Board: Wendy Young, Ph. D.

#35 – Sun. Jan. 30, 2022 – 2021 Small Molecule Drug Approvals Review (A/B)

#34 – Wed. Jan. 26, 2022 – What is a Drug Hunter?

#33 – Sun. Jan. 23, 2022 – Molecules of the Month – Dec. 2021 (Sponsor: Hypha Discovery)

#32 – Sun. Jan. 9, 2022 – It Takes a Village 

#31 – Sun. Dec. 12, 2021 – Small Molecules of the Month – Nov. 2021

#30 – Sun. Nov. 14, 2021 – Small Molecules of the Month – Oct. 2021 (Sponsor: ChemSpace)

#29 – Sun. Oct. 31, 2021 – CD47-SIRPa Drug Target Minirevie (Sponsor: California Lifescience and Catalent Biologics)

#28 – Tue. Oct. 12, 2021 – Molecules of the Month – Sep. 2021 (Sponsor: Sciencex )

#27 – Sun. Sep. 26, 2021 – The Resurgence of Antibody-Drug Conjugates – FDA Approved ADCs (Sponsor: California Lifescience and Catalent Biologics)

#26 – Sat. Sep. 18, 2021 – Vote! Pantheon Award for Scientific Advancement

#25 – Sun. Sep. 12, 2021 – Molecules Of The Month – Aug. 2021 (Sponsor: GoStar)

#24 – Sun. Sep. 5, 2021 – First Disclosures of Small Molecule Drug Candidates – EFMC Conference – 2021

#23 – Tue. Aug. 31, 2021 – Science Highlights of 2020 IPOs (Sponsor: California Lifescience and Catalent Biologics)

#22 – Sun. Aug. 15, 2021 – Molecules Of The Month – Jul. 2021 (Sponsor: ACHEMBLOCK)

#21 – Sun. Aug. 1, 2021 – 2020 Biotech IPOs – Small Molecule R&D Companies (Sponsor: Sciex)

#20 – Sun. Jul. 25, 2021 – 2020 Biotech IPOs – Large Molecule R&D Companies (Sponsor: California and Catalent Biologics)

#19 – Sun. Jul. 18, 2021 – Molecules Of The Month – Jun. 2022 (Sponsor: Asha)

#18 – Sun. Jul. 11, 2021 – Small Molecule Immunomodulators – H1 2021

#17 – Tue. Jul. 6, 2021 – 2021 Pantheon Award for Scientific Advancement (Sponsor: California Sciences)

#16 – Sun. Jun. 20, 2021 – Molecules Of the Month – May 2021 (Sponsor: Sai)

#15 – Sun. Jun. 6, 2021 – 2020 Small Molecule Drug Approvals

#14 – Fri. May 14, 2021 – Molecules Of the Month – Apr. 2021

#13 – Sat. Apr. 24, 2021 – 2020 Large Molecule Drug Approvals

#12 – Sun. Apr. 18, 2021 – Molecules Of The Month – Mar. 2021