AMRI and Ono extend drug discovery pact
Will collaborate on hit-to-lead and lead optimisation for two new molecules
AMRI has entered into a new five-year service agreement with Ono Pharmaceutical Company, headquartered in Osaka, Japan. AMRI will provide a range of services from early drug discovery to cGMP manufacturing.
The two companies have already agreed to medicinal chemistry projects within the new framework and will collaborate on additional hit-to-lead and lead optimisation for two new molecules. The work will take place at AMRI’s laboratories in Albany, NY, US.
An early adopter of the AMRI Smartsourcing concept, Ono has been using AMRI’s integrated global facilities and capabilities for projects ranging from early drug discovery, including high-throughput screening (HTS), biology support and computer-aided drug discovery (CADD), to multiple medicinal chemistry and a variety of drug development and cGMP programmes.