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Drug Discovery - ANSWER-• Unlike small molecule drugs (pharmaceuticals), large
molecule drugs (biopharmaceuticals) are mainly protein-based
o These protein-based drugs are similar to natural biological compounds found in
human body or they're fragments that mimic active part of natural compounds

Discovery of Pharmaceuticals - ANSWER-commences w/ scanning hundreds of
compounds, whether w/ actual materials (irrational approach) or virtual simulations
(rational approach)
• Pharmaceuticals are new chemical entities (NCE) and are produced (synthesized) in
manufacturing plants using techniques based on chemical reactions of reactants

Discovery of Biopharmaceuticals - ANSWER-researchers have to examine compounds
w/in humans
o Ex. Hormones or other biological response modifiers and how they affect biological
processes
o In some cases, study pathogens such as influenza virus or bacteria to derive vaccines
o In other cases, researchers copy these biological response modifiers and use them as
replacement therapy
o Protein-based drugs are manufactured in biological systems, such as living cells,
producing desired protein molecules in large reaction vessels or by extraction from
animal serum
o Becoming increasingly important
• More potent and specific—more similar to proteins w/in body therefore more effective
in treating our diseases

Areas of Biopharmaceuticals - ANSWER-• Prophylactic→ preventive as in vaccines
• Therapeutic→ antibodies
• Replacement therapy→ hormones, growth factors

Biologics - ANSWER-FDA definition is:
o Biological product subject to licensure under Public Health Service Act is any virus,
therapeutic serum, toxin, antitoxin, vaccine, blood, a blood component or derivative,
allergenic produce, or analogous product, applicable to prevention, treatment or cure of
diseases or injuries to humans. Biological products include, but are not limited to,
bacterial and viral vaccines, human blood and plasma and their derivatives, and certain
products produced by biotechnology, such as interferons and erythropoietins. Biologics
encompass many different protein-based drugs, and include blood products such as
clotting factors extracted from blood.

Vaccines - ANSWER-• Basis of vaccination is that administering small quantity of a
vaccine (antigen that has been treated) stimulates our immune system and causes
antibodies to be secreted to react against foreign antigen

,• Later in life, when we encounter another exposure to same antigen, our immune
system will evoke a memory response and activate defense mechanisms by generating
antibodies to combat invading antigen
• Contains antigenic components that are obtained from or derived from pathogen
o Include mainly viruses, bacteria, parasites and fungi
o Research has shown that part of pathogen that causes disease (virulence) can be
decoupled from protective part (immunity)
• Development focuses on means to reduce virulence factor while retaining immunity
stimulation
• Oral or parenteral

Vaccine Preparations - ANSWER-Attenuated Vaccines
Killed or Inactivated Vaccines
Toxoids

Attenuated Vaccines - ANSWER-• Virulence of pathogen that can be reduced in number
of ways
• By chemical treatment, by temperature adaptation, or by growing pathogen in
specified other than natural host (passaging)
• Advantages are low cost preparation, elicit desired immunological response, and
normally single dose is sufficient
• Disadvantages are potential to revert to virulence and limited shelf life

Killed or Inactivated Vaccines - ANSWER-• Chemical and temperature treatment are
normally used to kill or inactivate pathogen
• Formaldehyde treatment most common method
• Other chemicals used are phenol and acetone
• Another method is to irradiate pathogen to render it inactive
• Advantages are non-reversal to virulence and relatively stable shelf life
• Disadvantages are higher cost of production, more control is required for production to
ensure reliable processes for complete inactivation and there is possibility of reduced
immunological response due to treatment processes so multiple booster vaccinations
may be required

Toxoids - ANSWER-• Derived from toxins secreted by pathogen
• Advantages and disadvantages similar to killed or inactivated vaccines(advantages:
non-reversal to virulence and relatively stable shelf life; disadvantages: higher cost of
production, more control is required for production to ensure reliable processes for
complete inactivation and there is possiblity of reduced immunological response due to
treatment processes so multiple booster vaccinations may be required)

New Vaccines - ANSWER-• Advances in genomics, molecular biology and recombinant
technology has provided new directions for discovery, development and manufacture of
vaccines
• Current approach is minimalist strategy to decouple virulence and immunity functions

,• Aim is to use only immunity part to confer protection, so vaccine is safe to be
administered
• Approach can be divided into subunit, vector-based, DNA and peptide vaccines

Subunit Vaccines - ANSWER-• Use only part of bacteria or virus instead of entire
pathogen
• Part is derived from outside envelope protein of pathogen
• Requires knowledge of genome sequence of pathogen by identifying open reading
frames (ORF) that potentially encode novel antigenic surface proteins known as
epitopes, which bind to antibodies
• When identified, ORFs are cloned to express protein epitopes using self-replicating
plasmids
• Binding properties of epitopes can be studied using enzyme linked immunosorbent
assay (ELISA) or fluorescent activated cell sorter (FACS)
• Leading candidates of epitopes are injected into animals to determine whether they
elicit any antibody response
o Those that work are selected and optimized to become vaccine candidates w/ further
tests before human clinical trials
o Also working on multiple epitope subunit vaccines which can provide different
antigenic binding sites

Vector-based Vaccines - ANSWER-• Viruses and bacteria are detoxified and used as
vehicles to carry vaccines
• Subunit vaccines are being delivered by carrier vehicles to elicit immune response
• Multiple types of envelope proteins can be delivered w/ this method
• Clinical trials w/ this type of vector-based vaccines are being investigated

DNA Vaccines - ANSWER-• Aka nucleic vaccines or genetic immunization
• Host (patient) is directly injected w/ selected viral genes which contain engineered
DNA sequences that code for antigens
• Hosts own cells take up these genes and express antigens which are then presented
to immune cells and activate immune response

Peptide Vaccines - ANSWER-• Chemically synthesized and normally consist of 8-24
amino acids
• Relatively small
• Aka peptidomimetic vaccines as they mimic epitopes
• Complex structures of cyclic components, branched chain or other configurations can
be built into peptide chain
• They possess conformations similar to epitopes and can be recognized by immune
cells
• An in silico vaccine design approach has been used to find potential epitopes
• Critical aspect of peptide vaccines is to produce 3D structures similar to native
epitopes of pathogen

, Adjuvant - ANSWER-• Vaccines formulated w/ certain substances to enhance immune
response
• Latin adjuvare→ to help
• Most common adjuvants for humans are aluminum hydroxide, aluminum phosphate
and calcium phosphate
• Others include bacteria and cholesterol
• Mineral oil emulsions normally adjuvants used in animal studies
• Adjuvant known as Freund's Complete Adjuvant consists of killed tubercle bacilli in
water-in-mineral oil emulsion
• Freund's Incomplete Adjuvant is water-in-oil emulsion
• Both effective in stimulating immune response but cause unacceptable side effects in
humans

3 Mechanisms Adjuvants Help Immune Response - ANSWER-• Adjuvants help immune
response by forming reservoirs of antigens and providing sustained release of antigens
over long period
• Adjuvants act as non-specific mediators of immune cell function by stimulating or
modulating immune cells
• Adjuvants can serve as vehicles to deliver antigen to spleen and/or lymph nodes
where immune response is initiated

Alzheimer's Disease - ANSWER-• Vaccine being tested contains small protein called B
amyloid (AB)
o This protein forms abnormal deposits or "plaques" in the brains of individuals w/
Alzheimer's
o It's believed that AB deposition Causes loss of mental fxn by killing brain neurons
o AB vaccination stimulates immune system to clean up plaques and prevent further AB
deposits
o Phase II clinical trial was halted because 15 of 360 patients developed severe brain
inflammation
• Studies showed that AB did generate desired antibody response
• Acceptable vaccine may still be possible by modifying epitope to reduce inflammation
effects

Pneumococcal - ANSWER-• In Oct 2006, FDA approved use of Prevnar for
immunization of infants and toddlers against otitis media middle ear infection
o Prevnar is pneumococcal seven-valent conjugate vaccine
• Formulated w/ sterile solution of saccharides conjugated to antigen

Cancer - ANSWER-• In cancer, immune system doesn't recognize changes in cancer
cells
• Cancer vaccines seek to mimic cancer-specific changes by using synthetic peptides to
challenge immune system
o When these peptides are taken up by T cells, immune system is activated
o T cells search for cancer cells w/ specific markers and proceed to kill them

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