Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Chemistry World: Drugs, the permanent way

Exceptions to a long-held rule against chemically bonding to biological targets are powering new cancer medicines, finds Andy Extance

https://www.chemistryworld.com/feature/covalent-inhibitor-drugs/2500494.article

Discovery of STX-721, a Covalent, Potent, and Highly Mutant-Selective EGFR/HER2 Exon20 Insertion Inhibitor for the Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Benjamin C. Milgram, Deanna R. Borrelli, Natasja Brooijmans, Jack A. Henderson, Brendan J. Hilbert, Michael R. Huff, Takahiro Ito, Erica L. ...