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DEALS // DEV.
Country
Therapeutic Area
Study Phase
Deal Type
Product Type
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Lead Product
Target
Verge Marks ALS Milestones in Lilly Collaboration for Novel Treatments
Details : Under the collaboration, targets were identified and validated by Verge’s AI-enabled CONVERGE platform, for the tretment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Brand Name : Undisclosed
Molecule Type : Small molecule
Upfront Cash : $25.0 million
November 20, 2024
Lead Product(s) : VRG50635
Therapeutic Area : Neurology
Study Phase : Phase I
Sponsor : Ferrer Internacional
Deal Size : Undisclosed
Deal Type : Collaboration
Verge Genomics Partners with Ferrer To Co-Develop ALS Therapy VRG50635
Details : The collaboration aims to co-develop VRG50635, Verge’s potent PIKfyve inhibitor, for treating sporadic & familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in various regions, including Europe & Southeast Asia.
Brand Name : VRG50635
Molecule Type : Small molecule
Upfront Cash : Undisclosed
March 25, 2024
Lead Product(s) : VRG50635
Therapeutic Area : Neurology
Highest Development Status : Phase I
Sponsor : Ferrer Internacional
Deal Size : Undisclosed
Deal Type : Collaboration
Verge Genomics Initiates Proof-of-Concept Study For ALS Treatment With VRG50635
Details : VRG50635 is a potential best-in-class, small molecule inhibitor of PIKfyve, a therapeutic target for ALS. It is under phase 1 clinical development for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Brand Name : VRG50635
Molecule Type : Small molecule
Upfront Cash : Not Applicable
January 09, 2024
Details : VRG50635 is a PIKfyve Inhibitor, small molecule drug therapy, administered orally, currently being investigated for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis treatment.
Brand Name : VRG50635
Molecule Type : Small molecule
Upfront Cash : Not Applicable
November 29, 2023
Lead Product(s) : Undisclosed
Therapeutic Area : Psychiatry/Psychology
Study Phase : Discovery Platform
Sponsor : Pritzker Neuropsychiatric Disorders Research Consortium
Deal Size : Undisclosed
Deal Type : Collaboration
Details : Under the collaboration, Verge will use CONVERGE®, its all-in-human, AI-powered platform, to identify novel therapeutic targets by using data generated from postmortem brain tissue provided by schizophrenia patients and healthy donors.
Brand Name : Undisclosed
Molecule Type : Undisclosed
Upfront Cash : Undisclosed
October 31, 2023
Lead Product(s) : Undisclosed
Therapeutic Area : Psychiatry/Psychology
Highest Development Status : Discovery Platform
Sponsor : Pritzker Neuropsychiatric Disorders Research Consortium
Deal Size : Undisclosed
Deal Type : Collaboration
Stem Pharm and Verge Genomics Form Collaboration Focused on Parkinson’s Disease
Details : The collaboration aims to develop a disease model to validate novel targets identified by Verge for Parkinson’s disease (PD), by leveraging Stem Pharm's cutting-edge human-first technologies and expertise.
Brand Name : Undisclosed
Molecule Type : Undisclosed
Upfront Cash : Undisclosed
October 10, 2023
Lead Product(s) : Undisclosed
Therapeutic Area : Neurology
Study Phase : Discovery
Sponsor : Alexion Pharmaceuticals
Deal Size : $882.0 million
Deal Type : Collaboration
Details : The collaboration aims to identify novel drug targets for rare neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases by leveraging CONVERGE, a full-stack platform that combines highly predictive human tissue datasets with machine learning to find new targets.
Brand Name : Undisclosed
Molecule Type : Undisclosed
Upfront Cash : $42.0 million
September 08, 2023
Lead Product(s) : Undisclosed
Therapeutic Area : Neurology
Highest Development Status : Discovery
Sponsor : Alexion Pharmaceuticals
Deal Size : $882.0 million
Deal Type : Collaboration
Details : VRG50635 is a potential best-in-class small molecule inhibitor of PIKfyve for treatment of ALS. PIKfyve is a new therapeutic target for ALS discovered using CONVERGE™, the company’s all-in-human, AI-powered platform.
Brand Name : VRG50635
Molecule Type : Small molecule
Upfront Cash : Not Applicable
June 15, 2023
Details : VRG50635 is a potent PIKfyve inhibitor that restores endolysosomal function in ALS patient neurons and has shown efficacy in multiple preclinical studies in ALS-relevant models of motor neuron degeneration.
Brand Name : VRG50635
Molecule Type : Small molecule
Upfront Cash : Not Applicable
October 31, 2022
Lead Product(s) : Undisclosed
Therapeutic Area : Neurology
Study Phase : Discovery Platform
Sponsor : BlackRock
Deal Size : $98.0 million
Deal Type : Series B Financing
Verge Genomics Secures $98 Million in New Financing
Details : Funding from the Series B will be used to exponentially grow the number of preclinical and clinical programs in Verge’s pipeline and advance its lead programs through clinical testing.
Brand Name : Undisclosed
Molecule Type : Undisclosed
Upfront Cash : Undisclosed
December 16, 2021
Lead Product(s) : Undisclosed
Therapeutic Area : Neurology
Highest Development Status : Discovery Platform
Sponsor : BlackRock
Deal Size : $98.0 million
Deal Type : Series B Financing
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