Boosting the safety of bulk drug substances is aim of FDA measures
25 July 2018 | By Mike Stones
Boosting the safety of compounded drugs is the aim of new plan from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which has unveiled a series of measures.
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ITI-214 Parkinson’s drug may be useful for heart failure patients
20 July 2018 | By European Pharmaceutical Review
A drug currently in trials for Parkinson's disease has shown promise in treating heart failure, without the risk of dangerous side effects...
Direct anticoagulants associated with increased risk of bleeding
13 July 2018 | By European Pharmaceutical Review
Results of a study suggest the need for caution in the prescription of direct oral anticoagulants for patients with chronic kidney disease, due to the risk of bleeding...
Treatment for MRSA no longer more costly than for susceptible Staph aureus infections
11 May 2018 | By European Pharmaceutical Review
A new study found that infections caused by the drug resistant bacteria - methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, known as MRSA - are no more expensive to treat than MSSA, the methicillin-susceptible version of the same bacteria.
Crizotinib-radiation therapy combination may help preserve hearing in NF2
6 February 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (European Pharmaceutical Review)
Adding the targeted cancer therapy drug crizotinib to radiation therapy for tumours associated with the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis 2 may reduce the hearing damage that can be exacerbated by radiotherapy...
Topical valsartan found to be effective in accelerating chronic wound healing
2 November 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (European Pharmaceutical Review)
A topical gel made from a class of common blood pressure medications has been found to accelerate the healing process of chronic skin wounds...
Experimental nano-chemo particle to treat bladder cancer
13 October 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (European Pharmaceutical Review)
Researchers have developed a way to successfully deliver nano-sized, platinum-based chemotherapy drugs to treat a form of bladder cancer...
Cancer immunotherapy drugs linked to autoimmune diseases
24 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Some cancer patients taking the immunotherapy drugs ipilimumab and nivolumab may be at a higher-than-normal risk of developing autoimmune diseases...
ITC: affinity is not everything
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During the optimisation of drug candidates, improvements in affinity and selectivity play a critical role. This task is usually accomplished by establishing accurate correlations between the affinity/selectivity of different chemical scaffolds and through chemical modifications to a selected scaffold.
A new era for microcalorimetry in drug development
21 September 2007 | By Dr Ernesto Freire, Faculty Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Drug development involves the identification and subsequent optimisation of low molecular weight compounds with a desired biological activity. Often, the initial binding affinity of those compounds towards their intended target needs to be improved by five or more orders of magnitude before they become viable drug candidates; a process that…
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