Recent Oncology Drug Discovery Patent Applications

Highlights of recent US patent applications on cancer drug discovery.

1. Anti-VCAM1-tTF coaguligand for treating cancer
2. MicroRNA (miRNA) as therapeutic drugs for treating cancer
3. Anti-phoshatidylserine antibody-docetaxel combination therapy for the treatment of cancer
4. Targeted cancer therapy using miR-21 promoter driven expression of anti-cancer agents
5. miRNA-184 as therapeutic drug for treating squamous cell carcinoma
6. Protein kinase CK2 inhibitors for the treatment of cancer
7. Macrophage-stimulating protein receptor (MSP-R or RON) as a drug target for the treatment of cancer
8. Anti-K63-linked polyubiquitin monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of cancer, muscular, immune/inflammatory and neurological disorders
9. Oligonucleotide based drugs for the treatment of B-cell leukemias
10. Next-generation photosensitive medical agent that can simultaneously diagnose cancer and carry out photodynamic therapy (PDT)
11. Combination therapy for melanoma
12. MicroRNAs as therapeutic drugs for the treatment of sarcoma
13. Dual targeting antibodies of VEGFR-2 and Tie-2 receptors for treating cancer
14. A novel chlorin e6-folic acid conjugate for photodynamic therapy of malignant and solid tumors
15. Autotaxin inhibitors for the treatment of cancer

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