Astex Pharmaceuticals

About

Astex Pharmaceuticals is a world leading innovative drug discovery & development. Our research and development teams utilize our cutting-edge technology platform in the relentless pursuit of innovative solutions that address the extensive and complex challenges in oncology and diseases of the CNS. We employ Pyramid™, our proprietary fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD) platform, to rapidly deliver high-quality drug leads with enhanced therapeutic potential across a wide variety of therapeutic targets. We use AI/ML to enhance our FBDD capabilities and have integrated cryo-EM technology into the platform to structurally interrogate biological targets previously not suitable for FBDD/SBDD including membrane targets. We have a strong track record of successful drug discovery collaborations with both industry and academia. Astex is developing a proprietary pipeline of novel therapies and has multiple partnered products in clinical development under collaborations with leading pharmaceu

Investment Focus

Sectors

healthtech

Location

Cambridge, UK