Confo Therapeutics Secures VLAIO Grant Supporting Drug Discovery & Development in Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases
Confo Therapeutics Appoints Stephen Dowd as Chief Business Officer
GOTHENBURG, SE / ACCESSWIRE / August 30, 2023 / IRLAB Therapeutics (STO:IRLAB-A)(FRA:6IRA) Gothenburg, Sweden, August 30, 2023 - IRLAB Therapeutics AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: IRLAB A), a company discovering and developing novel treatments for Parkinson's disease, today announced that the company's interim report for the period January-June 2023, has been published.
GHENT, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Confo Therapeutics, a leader in the discovery of medicines targeting G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), today announced the appointment of Dieter Weinand as Independent Chairman of its Board of Directors. Mr. Weinand brings with him a wealth of experience with more than 35 years in the pharmaceutical industry and over 25 years as the leader of geographic and strategic business units and drug commercialization efforts across global organizations, including several years as the President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Bayer Pharmaceuticals AG. He joins Confo as the company advances its pipeline and continues to leverage its proprietary GPCR drug discovery engine. Mr. Weinand succeeds John Berriman, who is retiring from his current position as Chairman of Confo's Board of Directors.
GHENT, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Confo Therapeutics, a leader in the discovery of medicines targeting G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), today announced that it has entered into a research collaboration with AbCellera for the discovery of therapeutic antibody candidates targeting two undisclosed GPCR targets. Confo will apply its proprietary ConfoBody® technology to stabilize the selected GPCRs in their disease-relevant conformations, which will then be used as antigens to enable antibody discovery and development. Confo will be entitled to upfront payments, milestones, and tiered royalties on net product sales.
GHENT, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Confo Therapeutics, a leader in the discovery of medicines targeting G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), today announced that it has entered a collaboration agreement with Daiichi Sankyo (TSE: 4568) for the discovery and development of small molecule agonists against an undisclosed target associated with CNS diseases.
Eli Lilly is expanding its pain management pipeline with a new asset from Belgium-based Confo Therapeutics. The two announced a licensing agreement for neuropathic pain candidate CFTX-1554 Thursday.
GHENT, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Confo Therapeutics, a leader in the discovery of medicines targeting G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), today announced a worldwide licensing agreement with Eli Lilly and Company for Confo’s clinical stage CFTX-1554 and back-up compounds.
GHENT, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Confo Therapeutics, a leader in the discovery of medicines targeting G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), today announced that its Scientific Founder and Scientific Advisory Board Chairman, Professor Jan Steyaert, PhD, has been selected as the recipient of the Jacob and Louise Gabbay Award. Each year the award, administered by Boston-based Brandeis University, is given to scientists in academia, medicine or industry whose research represents outstanding scientific content and significant practical applications in the biomedical sciences. Professor Steyaert is the 24th scientist to receive the award and the first Belgian recipient. The award recognizes his contributions to the development of Camelid single-domain antibodies. The translational nature of his work in biomedical sciences enabled the foundation of Confo and its ConfoBody® technology as well as the discovery of the company’s proprietary pipeline.
GHENT, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Confo Therapeutics, a leader in the discovery of medicines targeting G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), today announced that it will present highlights from the preclinical profiling of CFTX-1554, Confo’s lead clinical candidate in neuropathic pain, during the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) 2022 World Congress on Pain, which will take place September 19-23 in Toronto, Canada.