PhoreMost and The Wistar Institute collaborate to identify new druggable targets in cancer, immunotherapy and ageing
Collaboration will use Siteseeker — a new ‘phenotypic’ screening platform that exploits the dynamics of a live-cell environment to uncover hidden druggable target sites across the entire human genome — to find new therapeutic options.
PhoreMost, a biopharmaceutical company focused on increasing the diversity and affordability of novel therapeutics, has entered into an alliance with The Wistar Institute to identify and de-orphan novel targets in cancer, ageing and the immune system.
The majority of disease driving targets are currently considered ‘undruggable’, because at first glance they appear structurally resistant to chemical intervention, especially when viewed outside of a cell in a static crystalized form. PhoreMost has developed Siteseeker, a new ‘phenotypic’ screening platform that exploits the dynamics of a live-cell environment to uncover hidden druggable target sites across the entire human genome and then convert this information rapidly into novel small-molecule therapeutics.
Researchers at The Wistar Institute are developing high-throughput phenotypic assays for a multitude of undruggable targets of interest in cancer, ageing and immunology, to which PhoreMost will apply Siteseeker, to find new therapeutic options in these unmet disease areas. Wistar will also provide PhoreMost with specialist disease biology knowledge and drug mode-of-action studies on a project-by-project basis to support downstream drug discovery efforts.
Dr Torrance, CEO of PhoreMost, commented: “PhoreMost and Wistar share the belief that innovative small biotechs working together with nimble research institutes could represent a new model for drug discovery to increase the diversity of new therapies being developed and bring them to patients at lower costs. I am delighted the Wistar is a founding member in this mission and encourage other academic and clinical institutes to join us in this mission.”
Heather Steinman, Wistar vice president for Business Development and executive director, Technology Transfer, said: “PhoreMost is a cutting-edge discovery partner that will be collaborating closely with Wistar to uncover previously unidentified therapeutic targets that may prove useful for advancing innovative therapies. We are eager to be partnering with PhoreMost to fully utilize their phenotype-based screening platform technology to rapidly identify new therapeutic candidates.”
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