[{"orgOrder":0,"company":"LUCA Science","sponsor":"Axil Capital Partners","pharmaFlowCategory":"D","amount":"$9.8 million","upfrontCash":"Undisclosed","newsHeadline":"LUCA Science Announces $9.8 Million Series A Financing to Support Research and Development of Functional Mitochondria as Therapeutic Agents","therapeuticArea":"Neurology","highestDevelopmentStatus":"Discovery","country":"JAPAN","productType":"Cell and Gene therapy","productStatus":"Undisclosed","date":"September 2020","url1":"","url2":"","graph1":"Cell and Gene therapy","graph2":"LUCA Science"},{"orgOrder":0,"company":"PeptiDream","sponsor":"Takeda Pharmaceutical","pharmaFlowCategory":"D","amount":"$3,500.0 million","upfrontCash":"Undisclosed","newsHeadline":"PeptiDream and Takeda Expand Collaborative Research and License Agreement to Develop Peptide Drug Conjugates for CNS Diseases","therapeuticArea":"Neurology","highestDevelopmentStatus":"Discovery","country":"JAPAN","productType":"Peptide","productStatus":"New Molecular Entity","date":"July 2021","url1":"","url2":"","graph1":"Peptide","graph2":"PeptiDream"},{"orgOrder":0,"company":"Veneno Technologies","sponsor":"SBI Investment Co","pharmaFlowCategory":"D","amount":"$2.0 million","upfrontCash":"Undisclosed","newsHeadline":"Veneno Technologies, a Novel DRP Drug Discovery Company, Raises $2Million (\u00a5200M Yen) in Seed Funding Round","therapeuticArea":"Neurology","highestDevelopmentStatus":"Discovery","country":"JAPAN","productType":"Peptide","productStatus":"New Molecular Entity","date":"January 2022","url1":"","url2":"","graph1":"Peptide","graph2":"Veneno Technologies"},{"orgOrder":0,"company":"EditForce","sponsor":"Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma","pharmaFlowCategory":"D","amount":"$145.7 million","upfrontCash":"Undisclosed","newsHeadline":"EditForce and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Enter into License Agreement","therapeuticArea":"Neurology","highestDevelopmentStatus":"Discovery","country":"JAPAN","productType":"Large molecule","productStatus":"New Molecular Entity","date":"June 2022","url1":"","url2":"","graph1":"Large molecule","graph2":"EditForce"},{"orgOrder":0,"company":"Eisai","sponsor":"Washington University School of Medicine","pharmaFlowCategory":"D","amount":"Undisclosed","upfrontCash":"Undisclosed","newsHeadline":"Eisai And Washington University School Of Medicine In St. Louis Enter Into Comprehensive Research Collaboration Agreement Aiming To Create New Therapies For Neurodegenerative Diseases","therapeuticArea":"Neurology","highestDevelopmentStatus":"Discovery","country":"JAPAN","productType":"Undisclosed","productStatus":"Undisclosed","date":"December 2022","url1":"","url2":"","graph1":"Undisclosed","graph2":"Eisai"},{"orgOrder":0,"company":"Otsuka Pharmaceutical","sponsor":"Schrodinger","pharmaFlowCategory":"D","amount":"Undisclosed","upfrontCash":"Undisclosed","newsHeadline":"Otsuka and Schr\u00f6dinger Announce Single-Target, Drug Discovery Collaboration in Neurology","therapeuticArea":"Neurology","highestDevelopmentStatus":"Discovery","country":"JAPAN","productType":"Undisclosed","productStatus":"New Molecular Entity","date":"January 2023","url1":"","url2":"","graph1":"Undisclosed","graph2":"Otsuka Pharmaceutical"},{"orgOrder":0,"company":"Sosei Heptares","sponsor":"AbbVie Inc","pharmaFlowCategory":"D","amount":"$1,280.0 million","upfrontCash":"$40.0 million","newsHeadline":"Sosei Heptares and AbbVie Enter New Multi-target Collaboration to Discover, Develop and Commercialize Novel Medicines Targeting Neurological Diseases","therapeuticArea":"Neurology","highestDevelopmentStatus":"Discovery","country":"JAPAN","productType":"Small molecule","productStatus":"New Molecular Entity","date":"August 2022","url1":"","url2":"","graph1":"Small molecule","graph2":"Sosei Heptares"},{"orgOrder":0,"company":"Luxna Biotech","sponsor":"Takeda Pharmaceutical","pharmaFlowCategory":"D","amount":"$86.5 million","upfrontCash":"Undisclosed","newsHeadline":"Luxna Announces Technology License Agreement With Takeda","therapeuticArea":"Neurology","highestDevelopmentStatus":"Discovery","country":"JAPAN","productType":"Large molecule","productStatus":"New Molecular Entity","date":"February 2022","url1":"","url2":"","graph1":"Large molecule","graph2":"Luxna Biotech"},{"orgOrder":0,"company":"JCR Pharmaceuticals","sponsor":"Alexion Pharmaceuticals","pharmaFlowCategory":"D","amount":"Undisclosed","upfrontCash":"Undisclosed","newsHeadline":"JCR Pharmaceuticals Announces Research Collaboration, Option and License Agreement with Alexion to Develop a Therapy Using J-Brain Cargo\u24c7 for Neurodegenerative Disease","therapeuticArea":"Neurology","highestDevelopmentStatus":"Discovery","country":"JAPAN","productType":"Undisclosed","productStatus":"New Molecular Entity","date":"April 2023","url1":"","url2":"","graph1":"Undisclosed","graph2":"JCR Pharmaceuticals"},{"orgOrder":0,"company":"JCR Pharmaceuticals","sponsor":"Angelini Pharma","pharmaFlowCategory":"D","amount":"$505.5 million","upfrontCash":"Undisclosed","newsHeadline":"Angelini Pharma and JCR Pharmaceuticals Announce Global Collaboration for the Development and Commercialization of Novel Biologic Therapies in Epilepsy","therapeuticArea":"Neurology","highestDevelopmentStatus":"Discovery","country":"JAPAN","productType":"Large molecule","productStatus":"New Molecular Entity","date":"May 2023","url1":"","url2":"","graph1":"Large molecule","graph2":"JCR Pharmaceuticals"},{"orgOrder":0,"company":"JCR Pharmaceuticals","sponsor":"Modalis Therapeutics","pharmaFlowCategory":"D","amount":"Undisclosed","upfrontCash":"Undisclosed","newsHeadline":"Modalis and JCR Pharmaceuticals Enter into Joint Research Agreement","therapeuticArea":"Neurology","highestDevelopmentStatus":"Discovery","country":"JAPAN","productType":"Cell and Gene therapy","productStatus":"New Molecular Entity","date":"December 2023","url1":"","url2":"","graph1":"Cell and Gene therapy","graph2":"JCR Pharmaceuticals"}]
Find Clinical Drug Development Pipelines & Deals | PipelineProspector
Modalis and JCR Pharmaceuticals aim to establish new gene therapies for undisclosed CNS diseases by applying J-Brain Cargo®, JCR Pharmaceuticals’ proprietary technology for crossing the blood-brain barrier, and CRISPR-GNDM®, Modalis proprietary epigenome modulation technology.
Under the agreement, the two companies will begin research and development of new treatments using the J-Brain Cargo®, blood-brain barrier (“BBB”) penetration technology, in combination with an undisclosed effector molecule for the treatment of a neurodegenerative disease.
Under the terms of the agreement, Schrödinger will be responsible for drug design through lead optimization and Otsuka will be responsible for all other drug discovery and clinical development activities, with the aim of rapidly expanding Otsuka's R&D pipeline.
The collaboration strategically combines Washington University scientists’ expertise in the fundamental and clinical research in neurodegenerative diseases, such as dementia, with Eisai’s extensive experience in drug discovery and development.
New strategic collaboration of AbbVie leverages Sosei Heptares’ StaR® technology and SBDD platform to discover, develop and commercialize small molecules that modulate novel G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) targets associated with neurological disease.
In this alliance, MTPC and EditForce aim to create potential novel pharmaceuticals for the specific CNS disease by utilizing the drug R&D. EditForce will proceed with R&D of pharmaceuticals using PPR protein platform technology.
Under the license agreement, Takeda will have the exclusive right to develop and commercialize nucleic acidbased therapies using Luxna XNAs Technology for specified targets.
The funds raised will be used to strengthen the recruitment and organizational structure of the Company's proprietary peptide drug discovery platform technology, and invest in the research and development of drug discovery pipeline of natural DRPs (Disulfide Rich Peptides).
The new collaboration expands the use of the TfR1 binding peptide ligands for CNS targets associated with neurodegeneration allowing Takeda to conjugate the peptides with therapeutic cargoes optimized to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB).