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About
Astex is a UK-based biotechnology company that discovers and develops novel small molecule therapeutics. Using its pioneering fragment-based drug discovery platform, Pyramid™, Astex has built a pipeline of molecularly-targeted oncology drugs, of which three are currently being tested in clinical trials with others in discovery and pre-clinical development. In addition to its proprietary research programs, Astex’s productivity in lead discovery has been endorsed through numerous partnerships with major pharmaceutical companies, including AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson and Novartis.
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 3,884 investors in VCSift focus on the healthtech sector.
- • 141 investors are based in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
Investment Focus
- Sectors
- healthtech biotech
- Location
- Cambridge, UK
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