March 3rd 2025
Under terms of the deal, Gubra will receive an initial $350 million payment and could earn up to $1.875 billion more in development and sales milestones for the potential weight loss drug.
Novel GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Demonstrates Promising Results Treating Patients with Obesity
January 21st 2025Data from a Phase Ia single ascending dose study found that ASC30 demonstrated dose-proportional pharmacokinetics, a half-life of up to 60 hours, and superior pharmacokinetic properties compared to other oral GLP-1 receptor agonists.
Artificial Intelligence Makes Possible a Multiomic Approach in Oncology Drug Discovery
January 7th 2025While challenges remain, AI is accelerating the process by enabling researchers to identify and design new drug candidates more quickly and efficiently with applications in target discovery, structure prediction, and drug optimization.
ROI and Rare Disease: Retooling the ‘Gene’ Value Machine
November 14th 2024Framework proposes three strategies designed to address the unique challenges of personalized and genetic therapies for rare diseases—and increase the probability of economic success for a new wave of potential curative treatments for these conditions.
Tirzepatide Demonstrates Significant Benefits for Patients with Pre-Diabetes, Obesity Over 176 Weeks
November 14th 2024Results from the Phase III SURMOUNT-1 study show that tirzepatide, a dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist, achieved substantial average weight loss of 22.9% in patients with pre-diabetes and obesity.