Calicheamicins
DBCAT005567Pharmacologic class
Enediyne aminoglycosides derived from the bacterium MICROMONOSPORA ECHINOSPORA that are used as antineoplastic antibiotics. They bind to DNA in both healthy and tumor cells, resulting in strand scission and cell death. A DrugBank category of 2 drugs. 2 of them are approved.
What you can answer from here — as of January 13, 2022
Which targets do Calicheamicins share, and which companies have late-stage candidates in this class?
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