ViroStatics acquires agents from Siena Univ
ViroStatics, a clinical-stage, Italian biotechnology firm developing novel therapeutics for viral and other chronic diseases, has obtained an exclusive license to a library of 300 compounds developed by Maurizio Botta (University of Siena) in collaboration with Silvia Schenone (University of Genova) and Giovanni Maga (IGM-CNR, Pavia) and to the patents associated therewith. The library consists of specifically-designed molecules targeting key enzymes and processes involved in both cancer and viral diseases. ViroStatics will identify and develop candidate compounds with activity against HIV, hepatitis C and other viruses using its proprietary screening methodologies.
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