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1 Jul 2011

Argenta and Pulmagen Sign Agreement for Respiratory Projects

The purpose of the discovery programs is to identify new compounds with anti-inflammatory potential to be developed for respiratory conditions characterized by a high unmet medical need such as COPD and cystic fibrosis.

Galapagos NV announced this week that service division Argenta has signed a subcontracting agreement with Pulmagen Therapeutics to perform integrated services on two respiratory projects.

 

According to the agreement, Argenta will be eligible to receive as much as $10 million in fee-for-service payments over two years, with the possibility of extensions, to perform chemistry, biology, ADMET/PK and pharmacology services to bring two respiratory projects to preclinical status.

 

The deal with Argenta is part of a discovery and development collaboration that Pulmagen established with Chiesi Farmaceutici, a private Italian group, with focus in respiratory diseases. The purpose of the discovery programs is to identify new compounds with anti-infl

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