FarmaKology Newsletter - Issue #28
Today's Startup
Neurovalens
Neurovalens is a global health-tech company that creates non-invasive neurostimulation products used to solve some of the world's greatest health challenges!Modius is the first product from Neurovalens which successfully launched in August 2017 on Indiegogo. Modius was designed to help improve the lives of people who struggle with their weight by using neuro-technology to help make weight loss easier.
News
WPD Pharmaceuticals Completed the Acquisition of Two Pancreatic Cancer Drug Candidates
WPD Pharmaceuticals Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company, provides this update on the completed acquisition of exclusive sublicenses for two drug candidates from Moleculin Biotech, Inc. a leading global pharmaceuticals company focused on the treatment of highly resistant cancers. The territory covered by the patents includes 30 countries in Europe and Asia, including Russia.
StemRx Biosciences joins hands with Amity Institute of Biotechnology
To help people get rid of various fatal diseases, StemRx Bioscience Solutions Pvt. Ltd., in association with Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Navi Mumbai, organized a one day International seminar on how technologies like Tissue Nanotransfection, bone marrow transplant, organ transplant, and umbilical cord blood transplantation can change the future course of various diseases like cancer.
First AI-Designed Drug Enters Phase I to Treat OCD
The clinical development of the drug, designed using AI drug discovery technology from the UK company Exscientia, will be carried out by Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma, Exscientia’s Japanese collaborator. The drug took just 12 months to get to phase I, whereas conventional techniques take around five years.
Vaxart Announces Initiation of Coronavirus Vaccine Program
Vaxart, Inc. , a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing oral recombinant vaccines administered by tablet rather than by injection, announced today that it has initiated a program to develop a coronavirus vaccine candidate based on its proprietary oral vaccine platform, VAAST.