FluoGuide secures a pipeline of uPAR targeting products
Regulatory
April 23, 2020
The invention comes from research, led by Professor Andreas Kjær and funded by a Grand Solutions Grant from Innovation Fund Denmark of approx. MDKK 10.3 (approx. MSEK 15.2). FluoGuide is one of the consortium members in this grant.
“I am happy to see that we are able to deliver tangible results from our Grand Solutions Grant from Innovation Fund Denmark” says professor Andreas Kjær (CSO), and continues: “We are now focused on providing scientific rationale for selecting and prioritizing the product opportunities, so we in the future will be able to improve treatment of as many cancer patients as possible.”
FluoGuide has the indefinitive and exclusive right to this product patent family with the title “A urokinase plasminogen activator receptor-targeting peptide” and claiming priority from the patent application number SE-1950898-5 with the intent to obtain global protection. FluoGuide shall pay a royalty on FluoGuide’s sales and certain milestone payments when the products are developed under this patent. FluoGuide incure no costs related to ufront payment under this agreement.
The patent application includes a toolbox of uPAR binding peptides for potential use in several different uPAR targeted products for image guided surgery. With this agreement FluoGuide has obtained broad coverage of compounds targeting uPAR and it provides FluoGuide with a solid foundation to select one or more lead compounds for development. It is the first important step towards building a pipeline of product candidates to position FluoGuide best possible for partnering and commercialization. The initial data from the clinical proof-of-concept study with FG001 in glioblastoma, anticipated in Q3 2020, together with additional research data on future uPAR targeted products will lead FluoGuide to build an optimal pipeline. Whereas the Grand Solutions Grant from Innovation Fund Denmark funded the work on the pipeline product, FluoGuide funds the clinical study with FG001 in glioblastoma.
“We are happy that the initial data from our clinical proof-of-concept study in glioblastoma for FG001 and the research data on new compounds will be available later this year” says Morten Albrechtsen (CEO), and continues: “With this agreement we have secured the option to broaden our pipeline of products that will allow us to fully explore the ample potential that lies in uPAR-targeted optical imaging.”
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