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First therapy targeting Parkinson's proteins enters clinical trials
doi:10.1038/nm0712-992b
An Austrian company has launched the world's first clinical trial involving a therapy directed against a protein that's a pathologic hallmark of Parkinson's disease.
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FDA approves pertuzumab
doi:10.1038/nbt0712-570
On June 8, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Genentech's monoclonal antibody Perjeta (pertuzumab) for metastatic HER2/neu-overexpressing breast cancer.
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Canada approves stem cell product
doi:10.1038/nbt0712-571b
Canada and New Zealand have approved a stem cell therapy, Prochymal, produced by Osiris Therapeutics. It will be used to treat graft-versus-host disease.
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Neighbouring cells help cancers dodge drugs
doi:10.1038/nature.2012.10952
Cancers can resist destruction by drugs with the help of proteins recruited from surrounding tissues, find two studies published by Nature.
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Liquid biopsy
doi:10.1038/scibx.2012.668
A Cancer Research UK team has developed a platform to noninvasively monitor treatment response in cancer patients. The researchers will now test it in the early diagnosis of ovarian cancer.
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FDA advisory committee meeting outcomes
doi:10.1038/nrd3747
This analysis of the outcomes of advisory committee meetings held by the US FDA over the past decade investigates issues such as the consistency between advisory committee votes and FDA approval decisions.
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Pipeline pioneers: Vismodegib
doi:10.1038/nrd3753
First-in-class inhibitor of the Hedgehog signalling pathway approved in the United States for the treatment of basal cell carcinoma.
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Cancer: Of targets and anti-targets
doi:10.1038/nrd3781
Polypharmacology is difficult to predict. Now, researchers have taken a systems pharmacology approach, identifying targets and anti-targets for the rational design of drugs with an optimized polypharmacological profile.
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Metabolic disorders: Heart microRNA provides new route to metabolic control
doi:10.1038/nrd3779
Researchers have discovered a novel role of the heart in systemic metabolic control and suggest that miR-208a inhibition may have applications in the treatment of metabolic disorders.
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Anticancer drugs: Antipsychotic to anticancer agent?
doi:10.1038/nrd3783
A new study has screened for compounds that selectively differentiate cancer stem cell-like cells and has identified dopamine receptor antagonists as promising candidates.
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Analytical tools for characterizing biopharmaceuticals and the implications for biosimilars
doi:10.1038/nrd3746
This review looks at the analytical technologies available to assess biosimilars, focusing on the assessment of post-translational modifications, three-dimensional structures and protein aggregation.
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Ophthalmic drug discovery: novel targets and mechanisms for retinal diseases and glaucoma
doi:10.1038/nrd3745
This Review discusses the current state of ocular drug therapy and highlights future therapeutic opportunities.
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IL-23 induces spondyloarthropathy by acting on ROR-γt+ CD3+CD4CD8entheseal resident T cells
doi:10.1038/nm.2817
The identification of an IL-23–responsive CD4CD8 T cell population points to new therapeutic targets for this group of rheumatic disorders.
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A new isoform of steroid receptor coactivator-1 is crucial for pathogenic progression of endometriosis
doi:10.1038/nm.2826
Researchers have discovered a new axis that mediates the pathogenic progression of endometriosis, and suggest that the antibody to TNF-α etanercept might offer a therapy.
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Career snapshots feature people associated with drug discovery and drug development, with the aim of providing expert insights and advice on a wide range of positions and career paths in this field.
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