Getting a Handle on Metabolic Disorders: Targets and Methods Vary But the End-Goal Is the Same - More Effective Therapeutics

摘要

IBC's "Targeting Metabolic Disorders" meeting, held late last month in Boston, was particularly timely given the new regulatory hurdles and higher standards for efficacy required for the next generation of metabolic drug products. Most of the presenters were confident that their research efforts would ultimately lead to the development of better metabolic therapeutics. Representing Metabolex (www.meta bolex.com), Maria Wilson, Ph.D., senior scientist, and Charles McWherter, Ph.D., senior vp of research and preclinical development, discussed the company's ongoing research. Dr. Wilson specifically reviewed her work with the GPR119 agonist MBX-2982, a drug candidate in Phase I development.