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Innovation in chemotherapy: Leading companies in platinum-based cancer drug compositions

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Platinum-based cancer drug compositions is a key innovation area in chemotherapy Platinum-based drugs are chemotherapeutic agents used for the treatment of cancer. These compounds cause their therapeutic effect by inhibiting DNA synthesis.

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Innovation in chemotherapy: Leading companies in purine derivatives-based cancer drug compositions

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According to GlobalData’s Technology Foresights, which uses over 756,000 patents to analyse innovation intensity for the pharmaceutical industry, there are 110 innovation areas that will shape the future of the industry. Among its key functions, it interacts with nucleic acids and enzymes during their synthesis and function.

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ACD-440 by AlzeCure Pharma for Neuropathic Pain (Neuralgia): Likelihood of Approval

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ACD-440 overview ACD-440 is under development for the treatment of neuropathic pain including painful peripheral polyneuropathy, peripheral mononeuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), chemotherapy induced neuropathic pain, nerve injury pain, chronic postoperative neuropathic pain and peripheral neuropathic pain.

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HPAPIs – Current Interest of the Pharmaceutical Industry

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Further, they are stable compounds and are retained ( in their active form ) within the body for longer durations, thereby decreasing the frequency of their administration. Hence, they are commonly used in the treatment of cancer, as part of the chemotherapy regime. They have the ability to prevent rapid growth and division of cells.

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Beating the Big C

Pharmaceutical Technology

The world’s biggest pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced in June 2008 that it would be putting its “full scope and scale” behind a push into the cancer market. “Companies used to be universally protected by patents but there is a pathway to approval opening up for biosimilar legislation. .