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The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative’s Delali Attipoe, Director of the non-profit’s North America branch, discusses the rising risks of climate-sensitive diseases such as dengue.
Merck & Co.’s PCSK9 inhibitor MK-0616 showcases the potential of macrocycles as oral drugs for extracellular targets, even as several companies explore intracellular and macrocycle–drug conjugate possibilities.
The total number of rare conditions is debated, partly because of the variety of definitions of what constitutes rare. A broader consensus view of what rare means, based on improved understanding of individual group and patient clinicopathological characteristics, will help maximize the impact of technological advances in therapeutic development programmes.