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Pfizer puts up $1bn to buy into Arvinas breast cancer programme

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Pfizer has pledged a whopping $1 billion upfront for rights to an Arvinas drug for breast cancer from its protein degrader platform, which harnesses cells’ natural protein-denaturing machinery to remove rogue proteins associated with disease.

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USPTO issues notice of allowance for Windtree’s SERCA2A activators

Pharmaceutical Technology

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a notice of allowance for Windtree Therapeutics’ patent application covering a group of SERCA2A [a key protein in the cycle of heart failure] activators with a dual mechanism.

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BeiGene and partners to offer Brukinsa in low-income countries

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It delivers sustained BTK protein inhibition by optimising bioavailability, half-life and selectivity. Brukinsa is a small molecule Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor that will be used to treat chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) in adult patients.

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China’s NMPA approves BeiGene’s Brukinsa to treat WM, CLL/ SLL

Pharmaceutical Technology

The small molecule Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor Brukinsa has been specially designed for delivering sustained BTK protein inhibition by optimising bioavailability, half-life, and selectivity.

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BeiGene’s Brukinsa receives UK marketing authorisations to treat cancers

Pharmaceutical Technology

Brukinsa is a small-molecule Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor specially designed for delivering sustained and targeted BTK protein inhibition by optimising bioavailability, half-life, and selectivity. The regulatory approval for the BTK inhibitor to treat CLL was based on Phase III SEQUOIA and ALPINE clinical trials.

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EC approves BeiGene’s chronic lymphocytic leukaemia therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

It was specifically designed to provide targeted and sustained BTK protein inhibition by optimising bioavailability, selectivity, and half-life. The small-molecule Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor, Brukinsa has been approved to treat treatment-naïve (TN) or relapsed/refractory (R/R) CLL in adult patients.

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PROTACs show promise for cancer treatment

Pharmaceutical Technology

Development of PROTACs (PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras) has advanced fairly rapidly as excitement grows over their potential to selectively degrade proteins that are involved in various diseases, including cancer. PROTACs are a type of heterobifunctional degrader that offers multiple advantages over traditional small molecules.

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