Anti-TNF Therapy: Past, Present and Future.
While for a century therapeutics has been dominated by small molecules organic chemicals of ~ 400 daltons absorbable via the gut, this is no longer the case. There are now a plethora of important medicines which are proteins, and injectable which have dramatically improved the therapy of many inflam...
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| author | Monaco, C Nanchahal, J Taylor, P Feldmann, M |
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| description | While for a century therapeutics has been dominated by small molecules organic chemicals of ~ 400 daltons absorbable via the gut, this is no longer the case. There are now a plethora of important medicines which are proteins, and injectable which have dramatically improved the therapy of many inflammatory diseases and of cancer. Most of these are monoclonal antibodies, some are receptor Ig Fc fusion proteins, others are cytokines or enzymes. The key to this new aspect of therapeutics has been the filling of unmet needs, and the consequent commercial success, which promoted further research and development. The first 'biologic' for a common disease, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was a monoclonal antibody to human TNF, infliximab. This was based on our work, which is described in this review, summarising how TNF was defined as a good target in RA, how it was developed is described here, as well as future indications for antiTNF and related agents. Biologics are now the fastest growing sector of therapeutics. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:39f1f9f7-b1b0-40c4-8cc6-73d2e5d6aad32022-03-26T13:58:34ZAnti-TNF Therapy: Past, Present and Future.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:39f1f9f7-b1b0-40c4-8cc6-73d2e5d6aad3EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordOxford University Press2014Monaco, CNanchahal, JTaylor, PFeldmann, MWhile for a century therapeutics has been dominated by small molecules organic chemicals of ~ 400 daltons absorbable via the gut, this is no longer the case. There are now a plethora of important medicines which are proteins, and injectable which have dramatically improved the therapy of many inflammatory diseases and of cancer. Most of these are monoclonal antibodies, some are receptor Ig Fc fusion proteins, others are cytokines or enzymes. The key to this new aspect of therapeutics has been the filling of unmet needs, and the consequent commercial success, which promoted further research and development. The first 'biologic' for a common disease, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was a monoclonal antibody to human TNF, infliximab. This was based on our work, which is described in this review, summarising how TNF was defined as a good target in RA, how it was developed is described here, as well as future indications for antiTNF and related agents. Biologics are now the fastest growing sector of therapeutics. |
| spellingShingle | Monaco, C Nanchahal, J Taylor, P Feldmann, M Anti-TNF Therapy: Past, Present and Future. |
| title | Anti-TNF Therapy: Past, Present and Future. |
| title_full | Anti-TNF Therapy: Past, Present and Future. |
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| title_short | Anti-TNF Therapy: Past, Present and Future. |
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