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BioSeek, Inc., a leader in applying integrated human biology systems for developing new therapeutics, announced today that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with UCB, a global biopharmaceutical leader based in Belgium. Under the collaboration, BioSeek will apply its BioMAP® Systems to evaluate a number of UCB compounds across several target classes, in support of target differentiation, lead development, and drug candidate selection activities at UCB.
"We are excited to be working closely with UCB, an innovative biopharmaceutical company combining distinctive strengths in chemistry and biology, and focusing on severe diseases in three important therapeutic areas, CNS, inflammation and oncology," commented Michael C. Venuti, Ph.D., CEO of BioSeek. "This collaboration leverages the power of our systems biology technology across multiple disease areas and multiple phases of the drug development process."
About BioSeek
BioSeek is improving the success rate of pharmaceutical research and development by integrating human biology from the earliest stages of drug discovery onward. The company's BioMAP® Systems incorporate predictive primary human cell-based disease models that generate uniquely informative activity profiles of each potential drug, assisting in the selection and development of new drug candidates. BioSeek is leveraging BioMAP® Systems technology in collaborations to enhance the productivity of its pharmaceutical partners' pipelines, and in the company's internal discovery programs.
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