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Follow on Google News | Rosa and FOCUS-IP Announce Strategic Alliance for Enhancing Proof-of-Concept Drug DevelopmentAlliance combines innovative exploratory study design, leading in silico drug development capabilities, and a global licensing network to increase the value of emerging company portfolios and address pipeline gaps for established drug manufacturers.
By: Rosa & Co “The strategic alliance between Rosa and Focus-IP will allow us to bring best-in-class technology to the management of our clients’ exploratory development programs” said Wolfgang Greb, MD, Ph.D., Managing Director and Co-Founder of Focus-IP. “In silico modeling & simulation is a proven scientific method that can leverage early in vitro and in vivo data towards predictions of human exposure, safety, and efficacy. It broadens our understanding of novel mechanisms and highlights implications for dosing and patient selection in exploratory clinical trials, and supports claims of a drug’s value in communications with regulators or partners. Together, we can deliver greater scientific insight and more predictive and reliable proof-of-concept data for our clients.” The new partnership will provide clients of both companies access to a synergistic combination of value-driven exploratory study design, a global licensing and deal-flow network, and extensive in silico M&S expertise. The allied companies also bring extensive clinical expertise in a wide variety of disease areas, including oncology, immune dysfunctions, respiratory disorders, inflammation, metabolic disorders, antiinfectives/ Emerging companies benefit from this alliance by designing more informative exploratory studies and by gaining a deeper understanding of their novel drug candidates, especially with respect to their mechanisms of action. This will allow emerging companies to make better decisions for and reduce the risk in future trials when choosing such critical parameters as dose levels, dose regimens, endpoints, measurement times, and patient selection criteria. This ability will substantially increase the value of an emerging company’s portfolio of assets. In addition, the combined capabilities of Rosa and FOCUS-IP can be delivered to emerging companies through pre-arranged co-development agreements with established pharmaceutical manufacturers via FOCUS-IP’s global network of licensing partners. Established biopharmaceutical clients benefit from the alliance by gaining access to a steady stream of innovative product candidates that match pre-defined competitive product profiles and specified patient populations. The known efficacy and safety profiles of each candidate are precisely-characterized by their M&S package, thus reducing risk in each licensing transaction and streamlining the subsequent development program. “This alliance is a powerful extension of our current strategic collaborations with both emerging and established bio-pharmaceutical clients,” said Ron Beaver, Ph.D., CEO and Founder of Rosa. “It allows emerging companies to use M&S in a more systematic manner, earlier in the discovery and development process, to enhance the value of their assets. And it directly addresses the essential strategic challenge of established companies – improving the quantity and quality of candidates entering their clinical development pipeline.” About Rosa Rosa informs our customer’s most critical decisions – from preclinical through clinical development – with the creation and use of mathematical models that simulate disease physiology, drug action, patient variability, and trial outcomes. To address the full spectrum of related issues, Rosa offers two customized approaches: classic pharmacokinetic/ Rosa’s staff have unparalleled experience in drug-disease modeling and simulation (M&S) in drug development, spanning hundreds of applications and dozens of clients over close to two decades of professional experience. Rosa is unique in their breadth and depth of disease area experience, including metabolic and cardiovascular diseases, oncology, gastro-intestinal disease, inflammatory diseases, immune dysfunction (including rheumatoid arthritis), pain, skin conditions, respiratory, and antibacterials/ About FOCUS-IP FOCUS-IP was founded as a sister company of the well-known European early drug development company /CRO FOCUS Clinical Drug Development. Focus-IP leverages the experience gained over more than 20 years of working at the interface of drug discovery and drug development. As an experienced consulting firm, we advise academic inventors and biotechs how to best generate strategic value for their drug candidates. We assess and design single individual projects, and we perform early pipeline reviews. The FOCUS-IP team possesses deep clinical pharmacology R&D understanding of novel product needs, which allows us to recognize promising innovations and advise clients as a “thought-partner” Both academic and emerging business clients benefit from the fact that Focus-IP has contacts with established pharmaceutical manufacturers that strategically prefer to explore novel product opportunities in the very early stages of development; Rosa & Co LLC contact in US: Dr. Ron Beaver 751 Laurel St., Ste. 127 San Carlos, CA 94070 408-370-9800 Focus IP GmbH contact in EU: Dr. Wolfgang Greb (HQ) Merowingerplatz 1 D-40225 Duesseldorf (Germany) Tel: +49 (0)211 300 38054 Dr. Hanns-Christian Tillmann (Swiss office) Loerracherstrasse 50 CH- 4125 Basel-Riehen (Switzerland) Tel: +41 (0)61 641 1645 End
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