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Cullgen aims for UPS delivery, targeting protein degradation via uSMITE platform tech

April 3, 2018

HONG KONG – With a $15 million seed round closed last month, young biotech firm Cullgen Inc. is looking to build a new drug discovery platform based on advanced ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation technology.

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CTAD 2025: Diagnosing semaglutide’s failure in Alzheimer’s trials

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A little over a week after announcing that the Evoke and Evoke+ studies failed to show that oral semaglutide could slow cognition decline in patients with...

Hits’ Hyperlab launches as ‘virtual AI lab’ for new drug discovery

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Things once done in laboratories can now be done with computers and AI, said Kim Woo-youn, CEO and cofounder of Hits Inc. “We live in the age of ‘digital...

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ADEL wins $1.04B Sanofi deal for tau-targeting Alzheimer’s drug

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ADEL Inc. closed a year-end licensing deal worth up to $1.04 billion with Sanofi SA for ADEL-Y01, a specific tau-targeting Alzheimer’s disease drug candidate in a...