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How to Tackle the Developmental Challenges of PROTAC Drugs

How to Tackle the Developmental Challenges of PROTAC Drugs

PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera, the novel therapeutic modalities better known as PROTACs*, first emerged in 2001 but are just starting to emerge from clinical trials. Their unique structure and capabilities have excited drug developers; however, there are still...

Testing Toxicity to Advance to Phase I Clinical Trials

Testing Toxicity to Advance to Phase I Clinical Trials

Preclinical research teams enter each drug testing project with the same hope – that the drug will meet all the safety requirements in order to advance to phase I clinical trials in humans.  In laboratory experiments, scientists will test their ideas for new...

Grand Opening of New R&D Center in China

Grand Opening of New R&D Center in China

The Nanjing Branch of the DMPK Business Unit Begins Operation Grand Opening On May 24, 2021, the Nanjing Branch of the DMPK business unit of WuXi AppTec’s Laboratory Testing Division opened for business in a grand fashion. The event attracted many presenters,...

Pathologists Can Move Your Drug Development Program Forward

Pathologists Can Move Your Drug Development Program Forward

Pathologists examine the causes and mechanisms of diseases and, in the world of drug development, that means collecting, processing and analyzing tissue for toxicity. Histotechnologists fix tissue samples onto slides, stain them to distinguish types of cells and cell...

How DMPK Lead Optimization Mitigates Risk and Conserves Resources

How DMPK Lead Optimization Mitigates Risk and Conserves Resources

Lead optimization in the world of drug development is a multifaceted process. It is a crucial part of discovery pharmacology and toxicology, as such, is used to identify and advance the most promising drug compounds. First and foremost, lead optimization aims to...

Guidance Updated by U.S. FDA for Safety Testing of Drug Metabolites

Guidance Updated by U.S. FDA for Safety Testing of Drug Metabolites

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...