Pharmacology/ Therapeutics News for September 2013

Pharmacology/ Therapeutics News Archive

to-BBB Presents Clinical Data on Lead Product 2B3-10, a Potential New Treatment Option for Patients with Brain Cancer to-BBB Presents Clinical Data on Lead Product 2B3-10, a Potential New Treatment Option for Patients with Brain Cancer

A novel drug for patients with brain cancer, 2B3-101, has shown preliminary positive results. The Dutch biotech to-BBB has developed 2B3-101 and initiated a clinical trial to investigate this new treatment. The Phase I safety results will be presented at the European Cancer Congress 2013 in Amsterdam at the end of September.

The Future of Drug Discovery by Tamas Bartfai and Graham V. Lees The Future of Drug Discovery by Tamas Bartfai and Graham V. Lees

Who decides which diseases to treat?

Zealand announces peptide drug research and development collaboration agreement with Lilly Zealand announces peptide drug research and development collaboration agreement with Lilly

Zealand Pharma has announced an exclusive peptide drug research and development collaboration agreement with Eli Lilly and Company (“Lilly”).

Scientists succeed in growing human brain tissue in "Test Tubes" Scientists succeed in growing human brain tissue in "Test Tubes"

Complex human brain tissue has been successfully developed in a three-dimensional culture system established in an Austrian laboratory.

Wellcome Trust and KU Leuven announce collaboration with Janssen for development of dengue antiviral drugs Wellcome Trust and KU Leuven announce collaboration with Janssen for development of dengue antiviral drugs

Researchers at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) are joining forces with Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Janssen) and the Wellcome Trust to discover and develop candidate antiviral drugs for the prevention and treatment of dengue infection.