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Novel Druggable Target to Treat Bipolar Disease
Novel Druggable Target to Treat Bipolar Disease
- 6 million adults in US have BP
- severe mood swings
- 1 in 5 commits suicide
- All available BP drugs: toxic, poor efficacy, or both
- Current trials lack novel compounds, mainly drug combinations
- OCR5570 target levels affected in bipolar
- Target structures + hits known
- Screenable/Structure-based drug design
- Animal models available for in vivo validation
- Critical protein-protein Interactions Identified
- Amenable to split renilla luminescence assay