PROTACs, otherwise known as PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera, emerged as a novel therapeutic modality in drug development and currently show promising clinical results for tackling some of the most complex diseases. PROTACs are designed to leverage the body’s internal...
As our understanding of genomics and biological pathways expands, human diseases, once thought untreatable through conventional therapies, are well within our realm of intervention. Oligonucleotides ("oligos") and bispecific antibodies (BsAbs) are two new modalities...
New drug modalities, including oligonucleotides, bispecific antibodies, prodrugs, cell and gene therapies, and fusion proteins, offer new ways to treat human diseases once considered "untreatable." Cell and gene therapies have been around for years, but advancing...
The International Council for Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) is in the process of revising M10, a multidisciplinary guideline that governs bioanalytical method validation. Drugs need to contain the correct...
Engaging the right partners at the right time is essential to drug developers and the success of their compound. We sat down with Grace Furman, small-molecule toxicology consultant at Paracelsus, Inc., to get her perspective on some of the most pressing challenges and...
The use of Internal Standards (IS) is essential to Liquid Chromatography-tandem Mass Spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) quantitative bioanalytical methods. Yet, there are no set methodologies or widely adopted criteria among laboratories for establishing and assessing Internal...
Recent guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Safety Testing of Drug Metabolites helps drug developers know when and how to identify and characterize drug metabolites. Identifying and characterizing a drug's metabolic profile is a necessary step...
DMPK - A Key Step, Every Step of the Way Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK) is a crucial component in the success of your drug development – at every stage, from discovery to preclinical to clinical. DMPK studies set basic expectations of drug behavior, which...
Navigating the Investigational New Drug (IND) submission process for your drug development program can be a complex process, especially when filing with various regulatory agencies and pursuing multiple markets. However, dual, or globally filing an IND package can...
Preclinical drug-drug interactions (DDI) studies provide preliminary analysis and predict risk potentials for the investigated compounds when co-administrated with other drugs during future in-human trials. Knowledge pertaining to DDI studies is still rapidly...
In vivo studies, such as pharmacokinetics (PK) and absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME), are critical to your compound’s vitality as you prepare for regulatory submission. Knowing when these studies should be completed can often be a pressure...
Immunogenicity assessment helps drug developers understand the possible immune responses that can occur when humans are exposed to a potential therapeutic protein. Recently, the FDA has updated its guidance for immunogenicity risk assessment for developing and...