Novel Approaches for Optimizing Pharmacotherapy Based on Recent Pharmacokinetic, Pharmacodynamic, and Pharmacogenetic Developments

A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics".

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Department of Pharmacokinetics and Physical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9, 30-688 Kraków, Poland
Interests: pharmacokinetics; pharmacodynamics; PK/PD modeling; PBPK modeling; bioanalysis; PDE inhibitors; inflammation

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Interests: preclinical pharmacokinetic assessment of pharmacologically active compounds; estimation of hepatic clearance; isolated hepatocytes; isolated perfused liver model; bioanalysis; LC-MS/MS; drug–drug interactions; clinical pharmacokinetics of cytostatic and antimicrobial drugs
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Dear Colleagues,

Drug development is a complex, costly, and time-consuming process. Even if the number of new drugs approved each year is increasing, slow progress is observed in approval of drugs for some disorders, such as neurological or lifestyle diseases, with greater emphasis being placed on anticancer drugs and biologics. Therefore, we should adopt the most effective use of existing drugs supported by innovative analytical, computational, and genetic-based methods.

This Special Issue presents the advances in the optimization of pharmacotherapy observed in recent years as a result of the current progress in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, the introduction of new sampling and analytical techniques, and the implementation of pharmacogenetic testing in clinical practice. Equally important in this area is the introduction of novel biomarkers of drug response and disease progression, advanced computer-based methods, and PK/PD models that can be used to select an appropriate dose and dosage scheme for an individual patient.

Prof. Dr. Elżbieta Wyska
Dr. Małgorzata Szafarz
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Keywords

  • dosage individualization
  • TDM
  • pharmacogenetics
  • PK/PD modeling
  • simulations
  • software
  • biomarkers

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Transcriptomics- and Genomics-Guided Drug Repurposing for the Treatment of Vesicular Hand Eczema
by Fieke M. Rosenberg, Zoha Kamali, Angelique N. Voorberg, Thijs H. Oude Munnink, Peter J. van der Most, Harold Snieder, Ahmad Vaez and Marie L. A. Schuttelaar
Pharmaceutics 2024, 16(4), 476; https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics16040476 - 30 Mar 2024
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Vesicular hand eczema (VHE), a clinical subtype of hand eczema (HE), showed limited responsiveness to alitretinoin, the only approved systemic treatment for severe chronic HE. This emphasizes the need for alternative treatment approaches. Therefore, our study aimed to identify drug repurposing opportunities for [...] Read more.
Vesicular hand eczema (VHE), a clinical subtype of hand eczema (HE), showed limited responsiveness to alitretinoin, the only approved systemic treatment for severe chronic HE. This emphasizes the need for alternative treatment approaches. Therefore, our study aimed to identify drug repurposing opportunities for VHE using transcriptomics and genomics data. We constructed a gene network by combining 52 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) from a VHE transcriptomics study with 3 quantitative trait locus (QTL) genes associated with HE. Through network analysis, clustering, and functional enrichment analyses, we investigated the underlying biological mechanisms of this network. Next, we leveraged drug–gene interactions and retrieved pharmaco-transcriptomics data from the DrugBank database to identify drug repurposing opportunities for (V)HE. We developed a drug ranking system, primarily based on efficacy, safety, and practical and pricing factors, to select the most promising drug repurposing candidates. Our results revealed that the (V)HE network comprised 78 genes that yielded several biological pathways underlying the disease. The drug–gene interaction search together with pharmaco-transcriptomics lookups revealed 123 unique drug repurposing opportunities. Based on our drug ranking system, our study identified the most promising drug repurposing opportunities (e.g., vitamin D analogues, retinoids, and immunomodulating drugs) that might be effective in treating (V)HE. Full article
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