Nurix’s NX-2127 is an orally bioavailable BTK degrader that exhibits in vivo degradation across species and has advanced into first-in-human clinical trials for relapsed/refractory B-cell malignancies. This molecule one-pager serves as a reference guide, offering an overview of the scientific significance of Nurix's NX-2127 program. It includes links to key presentations, publications, patents, preclinical and clinical PK data summaries, and more.
The 2024 edition of MCR (Medicinal Chemistry Reviews), edited by Joachim Rudolph and Will Watkins, has just been published by the American Chemical Society MEDI Division. Featuring contributions from a global team of section editors and authors, MCR offers concise updates on a broad range of contemporary drug discovery topics, making it an invaluable resource for both aspiring and experienced medicinal chemists.
If you are as excited as we are about this new era of non-opioid pain management and want to learn more, explore our series of articles that unravel the fascinating history of target validation of voltage-gated sodium channels, showcase the breakthroughs achieved so far, and look forward to what lies ahead for the industry.
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Understanding how a small molecule ligand binds to its target is valuable in drug discovery, because it enables more efficient optimization through structure-based design, better mechanistic understanding of molecular pharmacology, and greater confidence in the therapeutic hypothesis from both safety and efficacy perspectives. Recently, Drug Hunter highlighted methods for target identification when the target is unknown.
