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啟明星 | Insilico Medicine B輪融資3700萬(wàn)美元，啟明創(chuàng)投領(lǐng)投 | Bilingual
2019/09/10
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AI藥物研發(fā)公司Insilico Medicine日前完成了3700萬(wàn)美元的B輪融資，啟明創(chuàng)投領(lǐng)投。
Insilico Medicine是利用新一代人工智能技術(shù)進(jìn)行藥物發(fā)現(xiàn)的領(lǐng)軍企業(yè)。本輪募集的資金將用于產(chǎn)業(yè)化其小分子設(shè)計(jì)平臺(tái)以及靶點(diǎn)發(fā)現(xiàn)平臺(tái)，組建具有豐富制藥行業(yè)經(jīng)驗(yàn)的管理團(tuán)隊(duì)，通過(guò)與其他大型制藥公司合作的模式進(jìn)一步開(kāi)發(fā)其在癌癥、纖維化、NASH、免疫學(xué)和中樞神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)疾病等方面的產(chǎn)品管線。
Insilico Medicine開(kāi)發(fā)和驗(yàn)證了一套可供生成模型以及機(jī)器學(xué)習(xí)的算法，用來(lái)設(shè)計(jì)生成小分子靶向藥物。同時(shí)公司還能通過(guò)其靶點(diǎn)發(fā)現(xiàn)平臺(tái)找到在癌癥、纖維化、NASH、免疫學(xué)和中樞神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)疾病等方面的靶點(diǎn)。在商業(yè)模式上，Insilico Medicine通過(guò)與早期的生物技術(shù)公司以及大型生物制藥公司的合作來(lái)推動(dòng)數(shù)字時(shí)代醫(yī)藥行業(yè)的發(fā)展。
“我們很高興能夠領(lǐng)投Insilico Medicine的本輪融資，”啟明創(chuàng)投主管合伙人梁颕宇（Nisa Leung）女士說(shuō)，“Insilico是人工智能藥物開(kāi)發(fā)賽道的行業(yè)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者，我們期待公司能利用其先進(jìn)的技術(shù)縮短藥物開(kāi)發(fā)的時(shí)間，并且與啟明創(chuàng)投的其他被投企業(yè)產(chǎn)生協(xié)同效應(yīng)。”
Insilico Medicine與生物技術(shù)公司、制藥公司和學(xué)術(shù)機(jī)構(gòu)開(kāi)展了密切的合作。自成立以來(lái)，該公司在專(zhuān)業(yè)期刊及人工智能會(huì)議上發(fā)表或聯(lián)合發(fā)表了逾70篇論文。值得一提的是，Insilico Medicine最近在《自然》子刊Nature Biotechnology上發(fā)表最新研究論文，其主要內(nèi)容是展示用生成模型以及增強(qiáng)學(xué)習(xí)算法設(shè)計(jì)出來(lái)小分子靶向藥物，并且在細(xì)胞和動(dòng)物模型上驗(yàn)證了設(shè)計(jì)出來(lái)的分子的活性和初步藥代動(dòng)力學(xué)特性。
Insilico Medicine, a pioneer in next-generation artificial intelligence technology for drug discovery, recently completes a $37 million funding round led by Qiming Venture Partners.
The Series B funding will be used to commercialize the validated generative chemistry and target identification technology. The company will also build up a senior management team with the experience in the pharmaceutical industry, further develop its pipeline in cancer, fibrosis, NASH, immunology and CNS for the purposes of partnering with the pharmaceutical companies on specific therapeutic programs.
Insilico Medicine has developed and validated acomprehensive drug discovery pipeline which includes a state-of-the-art molecular generator utilizing multiple proprietary generative and reinforcement learning technologies. The company identified promising targets in a variety of therapeutic modalities including cancer, fibrosis, NASH, immunology and CNS. Through a network of joint ventures, partnerships with early-stage biotechnology and large pharmaceutical companies, Insilico Medicine is powering the new digital-age biopharmaceutical industry.
"We are excited to lead the current round of financing in Insilico Medicine," says Nisa Leung, Managing Partner of Qiming Venture Partners. "The company is an industry leader in the AI-powered drug discovery vertical. We look forward to seeing it shortening the time for drug discovery and creating synergies with our portfolio companies."
The company is powering a network of biotechnology, pharmaceutical companies and academic institutions. Since inception the company published or co-published over 70 papers in peer-reviewed journals and artificial intelligence conferences. In its latest research paper published in Nature Biotechnology Insilico demonstrated animal validation of novel molecules generated using the deep generative tensorial reinforcement learning models in human cells and in animals.
