A co-founder of the company ApconiX, based in Alderley Park, has revealed his view that attitude towards safety in pre-clinical cancer drug development needs to change. “There is still huge unmet need in effective cancer treatment and it can be tempting for companies researching new drugs to focus mainly on efficacy data with safety issues [...]
Cardiovascular toxicity often hinders success – are companies picking the wrong compounds? Prolific novelist and academic CS Lewis once said, “Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.” (Given pharma’s drug failure rate, the road ahead must truly be paved in gold.) When it comes to drug safety failure, toxicity – especially to the [...]
Two prominent preclinical safety companies have launched a unique European alliance to address the high safety-related failure rate in drug development. This alliance will provide both high-throughput ion channel screening, advanced cardiovascular safety testing models and experienced project scientists in one collaborative team. This enables both large and small pharmaceutical companies to make the right [...]
As we get ready for a busy and exciting 2017, it’s a good time to reflect on ApconiX’s first full year in business and share some notable highlights. In 2016 we were joined by several additional preclinical experts including Dr Guy Healing, Dr Damian Deavall, Dr Jane Barber, Dr Mike O’Donovan and Dr Peter Ballard [...]
Induction of heart valve lesions by small-molecule ALK5 inhibitors. Abstract Aberrant signaling by transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) and its type I (ALK5) receptor has been implicated in a number of human diseases and this pathway is considered a potential target for therapeutic intervention. Transforming growth factor-β signaling via ALK5 [...]
