AiDD collaborates with the Institute for Arthritis Research

IAR and AiDD will operate according to a risk- and benefit-sharing principle on a project-by-project basis. Scientists from each organization will form an interdisciplinary team for the project advancement. Revenues received from commercialization will be shared with collaborating institutions and academic inventors.

In a first project, AiDD and iAR scientists will work together to develop an orally available drug candidate for treating arthritic patients with unmet clinical needs. Over the last decade, the therapeutic armamentarium for treatment of arthritic conditions has enriched with the introduction of several biologics. However, a significant number of arthritic patients do not respond to biologic therapies and thus are still in need of efficacious treatments. AiDD and iAR scientists will use an innovative approach to identify drug candidates with a differentiated mechanism of action based on allosteric modulation. “iAR intends to foster collaborations and combine all necessary expertise to fulfilll its mission of turning research into therapeutics for arthritis care. This alliance with AiDD precisely illustrates this intention” stated Pr. Cem Gabay, head of iAR. “Both organizations share the same passion for discovery and the same objective to serve patients and the community. We are eager to start working as a team on this new exciting project” says Dr. Galibert of AiDD.

About AIDD
The Alpine Institute for Drug Discovery is an enterprise founded in 2013 and based at EPFL Innovation Park aiming at creating shared value for the community and serving academic researchers and technology transfer offices, especially in the Alpine region, by commercializing academic discoveries with therapeutic potential. Working in collaboration with academic partners, AIDD co-creates new intellectual property by discovering potential therapeutic drugs using its cutting-edge discovery platform.

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