Despite the success of delivery technologies such as lipid nanoparticles and trivalent GalNAc conjugation, targeted delivery of oligonucleotides to extra hepatic tissues remains a challenge.  At this year’s OPT Congress, WuXi AppTec presented a poster showing the utilization of our peptide-based DNA-encoded library screening platform to identify endocytosis receptor-binding peptides.  The binding affinity of hit …Read More >

Advances in the understanding of rare disease biology, coupled with innovative technology and therapeutic platforms, has led to progress in the research and development of drugs for rare diseases. Despite these advances, many rare diseases still lack useful treatments and the need for new approaches remains high. In this webinar, we will discuss important trends …Read More >

Review of SITC 2023 Annual Meeting The 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) was held this year in San Diego, CA, USA. As one of the most influential international conferences dedicated to cancer immunotherapy, SITC provides attendees with a cross-disciplinary educational and interactive platform. This meeting focuses on discussing and …Read More >

SITC Poster #59: Since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous nucleic-acid therapeutics have been approved for clinical use. Distinguished from conventional protein-targeted therapy, nucleic acid therapeutics offer the potential for sustained effects via gene modification or inhibition. In this study, we conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the activity and anti-tumor effects of PKN3-targeted siRNA …Read More >

New modalities such as peptides, oligonucleotides, and cell and gene therapies have revolutionized healthcare industry innovation. To meet these evolving needs, WuXi Biology has proactively developed a broad range of capabilities, offering integrated solutions to global pharmaceutical and biotech companies for challenging targets. We have established major capabilities for new modalities in the early discovery …Read More >

Introduction: As a therapeutic modality, oligonucleotides have a target abundance, persistent efficacy, high specificity, greater success rate and shorter R/D development period compared to other therapeutic approaches. Recently, significant achievements have been made in the discovery of oligonucleotide drugs. Numerous oligonucleotide drugs have been marketed. However, there are still many challenges, including limited delivery efficiency …Read More >

Successful application of nucleic acid therapeutics faces many challenges, including delivery efficiency and off-target effects.  To address these challenges, WuXi AppTec offers a full suite of nucleic acid-related services, including target validation, in vitro screening and cell-based functional assays, drug exposure analysis, biodistribution evaluation, PK/PD/efficacy testing, and safety assessment.  Leverage our comprehensive platform to accelerate …Read More >

Animal studies may provide a close approximation to humans when addressing the key challenge of clinical translatability. In the preclinical setting, new insights into disease models and mechanisms are crucial to efficacy studies. In this webinar, Dr. Deming Xu, Chief Pharmacologist, Executive Director, and Head of In Vivo Pharmacology of WuXi AppTec Discovery Biology will …Read More >

In this webinar, we present the latest advances and challenges facing researchers focused on new and emerging modalities in drug discovery. Topics include targeted protein degradation, targeted covalent inhibitors, and nucleic acid therapeutics. Our expert speaker, Dr. Tao Guo, discusses solutions for addressing the complexities in designing, synthesizing, and optimizing these molecules, with an added …Read More >