From Chengdu To The World: Anticancer Takes Novel Approach To Cancer Drug Development

Inspired by the discovery of the phytochemical corynoline being a potential MYC synthetic lethality agent, Anticancer Bioscience has designed and identified preclinical candidates that could lead to first-in-class innovative drugs.

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Anticancer Bioscience looks to China’s rich natural product resources for help with its drug discovery. • Source: Shutterstock

As China calls on domestic drug makers to develop medicaments that contain original innovation with first-in-class promise, Chengdu, China-based Anticancer Bioscience, Ltd. (ACB) is tapping into the country’s natural products including medicinal plants to take on a currently undruggable target for potential cancer treatment.

Co-founded in 2016 by In Vivo Rising Leader Dun Yang, president and CEO, and Jing Zhang, vice president of high...

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