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  • BioFocus creates novel diverse screening library


    Mon 05 Dec 2011
    BioFocus, an integrated drug discovery partner, today announced that it has enhanced its diverse screening library through new compound supply agreements with InterBioScreen, Enamine and ChemBridge. BioFocus now offers one of the most powerful screening platforms in the industry with over 900,000 unique chemical compounds and approximately 100,000 probes from natural sources.

  • Almirall and BioFocus announce collaboration to find new hit compounds against key targets


    Targets are related to the treatment of respiratory and inflammatory conditions
    Tue 15 Nov 2011
    Barcelona, Spain, and Saffron Walden, UK, November 15, 2011. The pharmaceutical company Almirall S.A. and BioFocus, an integrated drug discovery partner, today announced they have entered into a collaboration agreement to find new hit compounds against key targets of interest to Almirall.

  • BioFocus announces second extension to collaboration with Chiesi


    Wed 12 Oct 2011
    BioFocus announced today that it has extended its collaboration with Chiesi Farmaceutici, a privately owned Italian pharmaceutical company, for a second time. This extension of the collaboration with Chiesi is valued at €2.8 million.

  • Argenta and BioFocus announce two-year extension of drug discovery collaboration with Genentech


    Thu 18 Aug 2011
    Galapagos NV (Euronext: GLPG) announced today that its service division Argenta has extended its integrated contract drug discovery agreement with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY). Total potential value of the contract extension is up to £21.5 million (€23.4 million).

  • BioFocus and InterMed Discovery announce Marketing Collaboration


    Tue 19 Jul 2011
    BioFocus, an integrated drug discovery service partner, and InterMed Discovery GmbH (IMD), a natural product lead-discovery company, today announced a marketing collaboration to offer enhanced natural product discovery to the pharmaceutical, animal health, and agrochemical industries. No financial details were disclosed.

  • BioFocus enters collaboration with Michael J. Fox Foundation


    Wed 13 Jul 2011
    BioFocus announced today that it has signed a collaboration agreement with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, a not-for-profit organization focused on developing therapies for Parkinson’s disease. Under the agreement, BioFocus will perform fragment-based screening, assay development and hit-finding programs, to identify compounds that have the basis for a novel Parkinson’s disease diagnostic test.

  • BioFocus extends collaboration with Usher III Initiative


    Tue 21 Jun 2011
    BioFocus announced today that it has expanded a collaboration with the Usher III Initiative, Inc., a non-profit organization focused on developing treatments for Usher syndrome type III, a rare genetic disorder that causes the loss of hearing and vision.

  • Evotec acquires compound management business from Galapagos


    Wed 01 Jun 2011
    Evotec AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: EVT; TecDAX) and Galapagos NV (Euronext: GLPG) today announced that Evotec has acquired Compound Focus, Inc., the compound management business of BioFocus, a Galapagos Company.




  • Astellas Pharma and BioFocus sign target discovery agreement


    Thu 12 May 2011
    BioFocus announced today that it has signed a collaboration agreement with Astellas Pharma Inc. focused on discovering novel targets in the field of CNS disorders. Under the agreement, BioFocus will utilize its SilenceSelect® target discovery platform to deliver validated targets to enhance the Astellas neurology pipeline and will receive research funding and success payments based on the progress of the collaboration.


  • BioFocus delivers validated oncology targets to Janssen


    Wed 20 Apr 2011
    BioFocus announced today it has delivered a panel of validated oncology targets in its collaboration with Janssen Research & Development, a division of Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V. (Janssen). Per the agreement, Janssen retains full rights to discover, develop and commercialize novel medicines on these targets.


  • BioFocus and Almac collaborate to offer fluorescent lifetime assays


    Mon 28 Mar 2011
    BioFocus announced today that it has entered into collaboration with Almac allowing BioFocus customers with compound screening and profiling requirements to access Almac’s FLEXYTE™ fluorescence lifetime (FLT) assays. Integrating the assay technology allows BioFocus to offer an FLT platform that will complement its current target class capabilities, provide access to previously inaccessible epigenetic targets and offer alternative approaches to fragment-based screens and kinetic profiling.


  • University of Nottingham and BioFocus sign compound management agreement


    Mon 21 Mar 2011
    BioFocus announced today that its Compound Focus, Inc. subsidiary has signed a compound management services agreement with the University of Nottingham, UK. Under the terms of this agreement, Compound Focus will select, source, acquire, perform quality control checks, and reformat a compound collection before returning to the Managed Chemical Compound Collection (MCCC) at the University of Nottingham. These services will be provided by Compound Focus’ compound management facility in South San Francisco, USA.


  • BioFocus leads compound library market with innovative business model


    Tue 15 Mar 2011
    BioFocus announced today that it has established an innovative and unique model for the sale of its SoftFocus compound libraries. Going forward, BioFocus will provide a limited number of clients with SoftFocus libraries on a subscription basis only. These libraries are designed to target protein families of particular interest to the subscribers. This shared exclusivity model will allow clients access to high value, novel compounds with limited competition on derived intellectual property.


  • Lundbeck Research USA, Inc. and BioFocus sign compound management agreement


    Wed 26 Jan 2011
    BioFocus announced today that its Compound Focus, Inc. subsidiary has signed a three-year compound management services agreement with Lundbeck Research USA, Inc. Under the terms of this agreement, Compound Focus will manage Lundbeck’s liquid chemical library collection, distributing screening sets to high throughput screening centers in both USA and Europe. These services will be provided by Compound Focus’ compound management facility in South San Francisco, USA.

  • Ono and Galapagos subsidiary BioFocus sign target discovery agreement in the field of autoimmune disease


    Tue 11 Jan 2011
    Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Osaka, Japan) and BioFocus (Saffron Walden, UK) announced today that they have signed a collaboration agreement, focused on discovering novel targets in the field of autoimmune disease. Under the agreement, BioFocus will receive research funding and success payments based on the progress of the collaboration. BioFocus will utilize its unique SilenceSelect® target discovery platform to deliver validated targets for Ono’s immunology programs. Ono aims to find modulators for these targets and generate novel and innovative drug candidates.



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