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Crinetics Pharmaceuticals gets grant for patent granted for somatostatin modulators for treating hormone-related conditions

Pharmaceutical Technology

Discover how Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Inc's patent for compounds modulating somatostatin activity can suppress hormone secretion in mammals. Explore the detailed framework for hormone modulation and SSTR2 activity regulation.

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Another delay for Ascendis' hormone therapy as FDA extends review by 3 months

Fierce Pharma

It’s been a long wait for Ascendis Pharma to score FDA approval for its hormone replacement therapy TransCon PTH (palopegteriparatide). It’s been a long wait for Ascendis Pharma to score FDA approval for its hormone replacement therapy TransCon PTH (palopegteriparatide).

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New research data on the regulation of hormone-dependent breast cancer

Scienmag

Notch proteins are key regulators of growth and differentiation of both normal and cancer cells. These results can be used in the development of new cancer treatments, especially for hormone-dependent breast cancer.

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Neurocrine Biosciences’ Crenessity Approved as First New Treatment in Decades for Rare Genetic Disorder CAH

XTalks

CAH is a group of rare genetic disorders affecting the adrenal glands, which produce essential hormones like cortisol, aldosterone and androgens. The most common form of CAH, 21-hydroxylase deficiency, disrupts hormone production, leading to cortisol deficiency and an overproduction of androgens.

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Prostate cancer hijacks tumor cell biorhythm to evade hormone therapy

Scienmag

Hormone therapy is successful at keeping metastatic prostate cancer under control, but eventually the tumor cells become resistant to it. An unexpected potential solution has now emerged in medicines not designed to fight cancer, but to target proteins that regulate a cell’s circadian rhythm.

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Exercise hormone may modulate genes associated with replication of novel coronavirus

Scienmag

Brazilian researchers observed that in uninfected adipocytes, the hormone irisin altered the expression of genes that regulate ACE-2, which encodes a protein to which the virus binds in order to invade human cells.

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STAT+: Merck fined $39 million by Spain’s antitrust regulator for ‘serious’ violation

STAT News

The antitrust regulator in Spain has fined Merck approximately $39 million for preventing a competitor from marketing a generic version of a hormonal contraceptive, the latest effort by a European government to crack down on anti-competitive practices in the pharmaceutical industry.