OncoArendi receives a grant of over 7 mln PLN for its lead drug discovery program
OncoArendi will benefit from over 7 M in public financing within the Innovative Economy Operational Program, Action 1.4: “Support for targeted research projects”. The project, entitled “Selective inhibitors of acidic mammalian chitinase (AMCase) as potential therapy for asthma” will be executed in collaboration with several scientific and commercial contractors, including, among others, Medical University of Warsaw, Brown University, USA, Institute of Biophysics and Biochemistry and the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Science, the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology as well as a synthetic chemistry CRO – TriMen Chemicals SA. The project will result in identification of a clinical candidate to be registered as an investigational new drug for clinical trials.