September 16, 2025

Mitochondria research tools

FOCUS on Mitochondria. This week is World Mitochondrial Disease Week and a great opportunity to focus on Focus Biomolecules’ Targeted Mitochondria Reagents. These unique reagents consist […]
September 4, 2025

Protease activator drug approval

FOCUS on Drug Approvals. On August 6 the FDA granted accelerated approval to Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ Dordaviprone (TIC10 or ONC-201) for patients with diffuse midline glioma harboring […]
August 16, 2025

HER2 inhibitor drug approval

FOCUS on Drug Approvals. On August 8 the FDA granted accelerated approval to Boehringer Ingelheim’s Zongertinib (BI 1810631) for adults with unresectable or metastatic non-squamous non-small […]
July 28, 2025

PI3K / AKT / mTOR inhibition for breast cancer

FOCUS on Clinical Trials. Today Celcuity announced the results of a Phase-3 clinical trial of Gedatolisib plus fulvestrant in patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative, PIK3CA wild-type locally […]
July 21, 2025

Cancer research breakthrough

FOCUS on New Drug Targets: Epithelial-to-mesenchymal (EMT) transition is widely recognized as a cell-intrinsic process that augments the metastatic potential of cancer cells by enhancing motility […]
July 1, 2025

Stem cell research news

FOCUS on Stem Cell Rejuvenation. In the current issue of Cell Stem Cell, a group from Stanford reported that an endogenous eicosanoid, prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) reversed […]
June 26, 2025

NSCLC drug approval

FOCUS on Drug Approvals. On June 23rd, the FDA approved datopotamab deruxtecan-dlnk (AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Datroway) for non-small cell lung cancer. The antibody-drug conjugate (or […]
June 19, 2025

Mutant ROS1 inhibitor FDA approval

FOCUS on Drug Approvals. On June 11th, the FDA approved Taletrectinib (Ibtrozi, Nuvation Bio Inc) for adults with locally advanced or metastatic, ROS1-positive, non-small cell lung […]
June 12, 2025

Acetaminophen mechanism of action determined

FOCUS on Drug MOA. The mechanism of action of acetaminophen has been determined by a group led by Avi Priel at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and […]