Tuesday, 13 May 2014

An Understanding Of Antibody Conjugation Drugs

By Arline Bradley


The antibody drug conjugates are pharmaceutical drugs manufactured to help treat people who are suffering from cancer. The antibody conjugation are complex molecule composed of an antibody linked through a stable chemical to a biological anticancer drug. These set of drugs are a typical examples of bio conjugates and the immune conjugates.

The manufacturers made the solution in a way that it can help the body to distinguish between the healthy tissues in the body and those that are diseased. Medical professionals have made this possible by integrating a medication called cytotoxic treatment with monoclonal remedies. The main advantage with this is that the medication an actually deal with the cancer cells without having any negative effect on the healthy body cells.

There is a process involved in developing a working and an effective ADC. Generally, it is necessary to have a combination of anticancer drugs with those antibodies, which target specific tumor makers. The work of the antibodies is to rack the protein in the cells in the tumor then link them to the cells that trigger cancer. This leads to a biochemical reaction, which signals the tumor to absorb the antibodies.

The internalization of the ADC is not instant; it will take quite some time and after the internalization stage, the cancer ceases to exist in the body. This is how it works; a cytotoxic drug is released within the cell tumor and then it helps to clear the cancer you have in the body. The best thing is that there is little to no any side effect with this treatment and thus effective working of the solution is a guarantee.

It is important to note that most of the medications in the market that give great and guaranteed results have gone through clinical tests and the Food and Drug Administration approval. Few ADCs drugs that have gone through chemical tests have received market approval as well as Food and Drug Administration approval. Enough background checks have been done on them and have been found safe for human use.

The above case only applies to three ADCs and today, there are more than thirty ADCs currently under clinical tests. There are, however, several challenges when it comes to ADCs drugs. These challenges include understanding the mechanism of action, the improvement of the therapeutic index and the choosing of the most suitable clinical settings.

Most ADCs are currently under development and in addition, there are others under clinical trials. Most of these are for hematological and oncological indications. The available support for this is the presence of monoclonal antibodies, which assumes the responsibility of targeting different types of cancer in the body. Today, there are medical experts who are working round the clock to make sure that ADCs drugs not only focus on treating cancer but also other areas of diseases.

It is important to note that such medication is yet to come into the market. In fact, they are still at the actual stage of discovery, development and or clinical tests. All the medical professionals will still have to do the best they can to address the challenges encountered while trying to come up with ADCs that will focus on other disease areas.




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