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Incyte comes of age with JAK inhibitor approval doi:10.1038/nbt0112-3 Incyte's first drug to market, Jakafi (ruxolitinib), is one that validates a novel mechanism of action in cancer - blocking the Janus-kinases JAK1 and JAK2. Full Text
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Eylea approval transforms Regeneron doi:10.1038/nbt0112-4 Regeneron's launch of Eylea (aflibercept) to treat wet age-related macular degeneration effectively changes the company from one dependent on partnering and licensing into a commercial organization. Full Text
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Rules tighten on use of antibiotics on farms doi:10.1038/481125a Clampdown aims to stop spread of drug-resistant microbes. Full Text
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An audience with Mark Fishman doi:10.1038/nrd3640 Mark Fishman, President of the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, looks back on his past decade of heading up R&D. Full Text
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No place like inflammasome doi:10.1038/scibx.2012.1 Researchers have found that inhibiting inflammasome formation with P2X7 antagonists could help prevent heart failure following acute myocardial infarction. The findings highlight a repurposing opportunity for P2X7 antagonists that companies have in the clinic for inflammatory indications. Full Text
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Fresh from the Pipeline: Brentuximab vedotin doi:10.1038/nrd3629 In August 2011, brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris; Seattle Genetics), a CD30-specific antibody-drug conjugate, was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma and patients with systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Full Text
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From the analyst's couch: A decade of change doi:10.1038/nrd3630 Data on indicators such as the number and success rate of research and development projects illustrate trends in the pharmaceutical industry over the past decade. Full Text
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Vaccines: Enhancing glycan presentation increases vaccine efficacy doi:10.1038/nrd3637 By maximizing the presentation of carbohydrate epitopes to T cells, scientists have constructed a vaccine against group B streptococcus that is significantly more potent than currently available vaccines. Full Text
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Antiparasitic drugs: Two-pronged tactics for malaria control doi:10.1038/nrd3635 An academia–industry consortium has identified a new class of compounds that confer complete protection against parasite challenge in rodent models of malaria, as well as showing potent in vivo activity against blood-stage parasites. Full Text
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Epigenetics: Worth another look? doi:10.1038/nrc3187 Patients with non-small-cell lung cancer with tumours that have a specific subset of methylated genes might benefit from combined treatment with a low-dose DNA methyltransferase inhibitor and a histone deacetylase inhibitor. Full Text
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