Evotec and X-Chem Collaborate to Accelerate Early-Stage Drug Discovery
X-Chem’s DEL technology streamlines hit finding by simultaneously screening up to billions of DNA-tagged compounds, identifying potential start points with high efficiency and precision.
In partnership with Evotec’s screening platforms and capabilities, X-Chem is providing access to its DEL technology, including DELflex, a traditional experimental DEL solution, and HITMiner, a machine learning solution, leveraging high quality experimental DEL data to deliver optimal drug intervention starting points for innovative biological targets.
“Partnerships to access best-in-class platforms are the way forward to address the complexity in drug discovery,” said Karen Lackey, CEO of X-Chem. “This collaboration highlights our commitment to partner with leading research organizations, like Evotec, to make DEL screening services more accessible.”
“We are pleased to collaborate with X-Chem and to leverage their leading DEL platform and capabilities,” said Craig Johnstone, chief operating officer of Evotec. “X-Chem’s expertise in DEL, combined with their advanced data-mining solutions, provides us with access to an additional tool to tackle innovative and difficult biological targets.”
About X-Chem
X-Chem, Inc. is a leader in small molecule discovery science, providing pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies with a complete, seamless solution for screening, hit validation and lead optimization. As pioneers of DNA-encoded chemical library (DEL) technology, the company leverages its market-leading DEL platform to rapidly screen billions of diverse drug-like molecules to discover novel small molecule leads against challenging, high-value therapeutic targets. In house hit-to-lead and lead optimization services driven by AI and physics-based modeling enable clients to progress their compounds directly in-house from hit all the way through to candidate nomination. Our well-proven expertise in medicinal chemistry, custom synthesis and scale-up process chemistry enables us to support all aspects of drug discovery in a deeply integrated technology-driven platform.
About Evotec SE
Evotec is a life science company with a unique business model that delivers on its mission to discover and develop highly effective therapeutics and make them available to the patients. The Company’s multimodality platform comprises a unique combination of innovative technologies, data and science for the discovery, development, and production of first-in-class and best-in-class pharmaceutical products. Evotec provides high value pipeline co-creating partnerships and solutions to all Top 20 Pharma and over 800 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, as well as other healthcare stakeholders. Evotec has strategic activities in a broad range of currently underserved therapeutic areas, including e.g. neurology, oncology, as well as metabolic and infectious diseases. Within these areas of expertise, Evotec aims to create the world-leading co-owned pipeline for innovative therapeutics and has to-date established a portfolio of more than 200 proprietary and co-owned R&D projects from early discovery to clinical development. Evotec operates globally with more than 5,000 highly qualified people. The Company’s sites in
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