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What is 2-Hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin?

What is 2-Hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin?

Hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin can be abbreviated as HPCD. it is in the form of a white powder and has good solubility in water and can be dissolved in 50% ethanol and methanol. […]

The First Anti-Cancer Peptide Conjugated Drug Has Recently Been Approved: What is the Prospect of The Peptide Conjugation Technology Platform?

The First Anti-Cancer Peptide Conjugated Drug Has Recently Been Approved: What is the Prospect of The Peptide Conjugation Technology Platform?

The molecular weight of peptide drugs is between small molecule drugs (<500 Da) and biological products (>5000 Da). The FDA defines peptides as polymers composed of less than 40 amino […]

Insight the Trends and Future Directions, From FDA-Approved Drugs in The Past Decades (2010-2019)

Insight the Trends and Future Directions, From FDA-Approved Drugs in The Past Decades (2010-2019)

In the latest issue of the JMC journal, a review article, entitled “A Decade of FDA-Approved Drugs (2010-2019): Trends and Future Directions”, was published, which analyzed and summarized the FDA-approved […]

New Drug Report 2020 -11

New Drug Report 2020 -11

16 Metabolic Disease Drugs In February, the FDA approved Esperion Therapeutics’ Nexletol and Nexlizet respectively. On the basis of controlling diet and taking the maximum tolerated dose of statins, both […]

New Drug Report 2020 -10

New Drug Report 2020 -10

The Janus kinase (JAK1) inhibitor Figotinib (Jyseleca; Gilead) was approved in Japan and the European Union in September 2020. The approved indication in Japan is the treatment of patients with […]

New Drug Report 2020 -9

New Drug Report 2020 -9

13 Anti-tumor drugs Trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu), an antibody drug conjugate (ADC) developed by Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo and authorized by AstraZeneca for co-development and commercialization, was approved by the FDA at […]

New Drug Report 2020 -8

New Drug Report 2020 -8

12 Immunomodulators and immunotherapy drugs AimmuneTherapeutautics has achieved an important goal this year: Palforzia (Arachishypogaea allergen powder-dnfp) was approved by the FDA and listed for the first time. Palforzia is […]

New Drug Report 2020 -7

New Drug Report 2020 -7

11 Anti-infective drugs The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic will linger in everyone’s memory forever. In this year, Remdesivir (Veklury; Gilead), as the first anti-viral treatment of the disease, obtained rapid development […]

New Drug Report 2020 -6

New Drug Report 2020 -6

09 Endocrine drugs Eli Lilly’s Lyumjev is a fast-acting insulin used to improve blood glucose control in adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. It was approved in the […]

New Drug Report 2020 -5

New Drug Report 2020 -5

06 Kidney-urinary system drugs Lupus nephritis is the main cause of morbidity and death in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). About 40% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus will […]