"We are very proud and excited to have been selected by Ipsen as partner on this innovative research collaboration. This agreement advances our strategy to partner on Drug Discovery activities in addition to our well known preclinical evaluation Service Activities in advanced Oncology pharmacology," said Philippe Genne, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer and founder of Oncodesign. Jan Hoflack, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer and Leader of Oncodesign's Discovery Activities added: "This Agreement allows us to advance our series of attractive LRRK2 inhibitors together with a partner with recognized expertise in CNS Research. This is our first Drug Discovery partnership with a major biopharmaceutical company based on our Nanocyclix® technology, validating our ability to identify uniquely potent and selective novel kinase inhibitors for use in Oncology, CNS and other Therapeutic areas."
Claude Bertrand, Ipsen's Executive Vice President, R&D and Chief Scientific Officer, stated, "Our collaboration with Oncodesign is the expression of our recently announced strategy to extend our R&D through expert external partners for compounds outside our chosen areas of focus, peptides and toxins. In the field of Neurology and Movement Disorders, Parkinson's disease is a serious condition with high unmet medical needs where patients are seeking improved care and quality of life. Today, there is no treatment targeting the underlying pathogenetic mechanism leading to progressive deterioration in those patients."
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