inhibitor
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Key to J&J’s future is Tremfya, an IL-23 inhibitor used to treat several autoimmune conditions, such as plaque psoriasis.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
That’s how you get branded a dinosaur, a fuddy-dud, an inhibitor of the inexorable march toward efficiency and greatness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Islatravir, meanwhile, is what’s known as a nucleoside reverse transcriptase translocation inhibitor, a novel drug that is significantly more potent.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
Merck expects several important Phase 3 readouts this year, including for an oral PCSK9 inhibitor called enlicitide and an experimental drug called islatravir, which is being studied for both HIV prevention and treatment.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026
The difference between an antienzyme, which protects material which would otherwise be subject to the attack of an enzyme, and an inhibitor, which renders the enzyme itself inactive, is apparent.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
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Chemical Reactions - Middle School
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