News & events

Today, Galapagos announced the purchase of Argenta Discovery 2009 Ltd., a privately held contract research drug discovery company with 140 employees. This company will operate under the name ‘Argenta’ as a Galapagos drug discovery service division. Together with BioFocus, the two companies will provide high quality services to the discovery research communities. The pairing-up of two profitable operations within the financially strong Galapagos Group will further maintain stability and hence credibility in the eyes of our client communities.

BioFocus announced today that it has achieved success in its oncology target discovery collaboration with Ortho Biotech Oncology Research & Development, a division of Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V. (Janssen). The success of the program has resulted in €1.6 million in target acceptance payments.

BioFocus announced today that it has signed a three year compound management agreement with the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance). Under this agreement BioFocus will manage TB Alliance’s chemical library collection. These services will be provided by BioFocus’ compound management facility in South San Francisco, USA.

BioFocus, a leading provider of gene-to-drug candidate discovery services, today announced that Dr. Doris Hafenbradl has joined BioFocus as Senior Director, Biology and Natural Products, based in Basel, Switzerland.

BioFocus® and DiscoveRx corp. announced today that they have signed a co-marketing agreement that allows BioFocus to perform screening on behalf of BioFocus’ customers using DiscoveRx PathHunter™ ß-Arrestin GPCR screening assay, HitHunter™ cAMP assays and associated cell lines.

BioFocus has recently launched its new microsite, www.SilenceSelect.com, dedicated to the SilenceSelect® and FLeXSelect® adenoviral technology. With the ability to knock-down or knock-in human genes in primary cells, these collections cover most of the druggable genome. Detailed information on both collections is available on the microsite, along with details of the adenovirus technology employed.

BioFocus, a leading provider of gene-to-drug candidate discovery services, today announced that Dr. John Nash has joined BioFocus as Senior Director, ADME/PK. John has 30 years industrial experience with both service and major pharmaceutical companies.

BioFocus DPI announced today that it has initiated a drug discovery collaboration with Schering-Plough Research Institute (SPRI). Under the terms of the agreement, BioFocus DPI will perform medicinal chemistry with supporting biology and ADME/PK services for multiple Schering-Plough drug discovery projects. Total contract value for BioFocus DPI is €2.8 M over a one year period.

BioFocus DPI, a leading provider of gene-to-drug candidate discovery services, today announced the launch of four new biologically targeted libraries. These new libraries contain novel, drug-like compounds that specifically target kinases and - for the first time - protein-protein interactions.

BioFocus DPI announced today that it has signed a three year compound management agreement with Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G). Under the agreement, BioFocus DPI will manage P&G’s chemical library collection. These services will be provided by BioFocus DPI’s compound management facility in South San Francisco, USA.