The goal of the collaboration is to reduce the time and resources it takes to translate a biomedical breakthrough into a clinically and commercially viable medicine.
“Joining forces with Stanford University’s Innovative Medicine Accelerator is a prime opportunity to collaboratively create innovative treatments for neuroendocrine tumors in an efficient and cost-effective way,” said Dr. Suresh K. Jain, founder and Chairman of Intonation. “Our partnership with a renowned academic institution such as Stanford will reinvigorate and enhance the drug discovery ecosystem in India.”
Intonation collaborates with academic institutions across the globe to develop innovative product candidate opportunities with “proof” that these technologies will likely succeed in the marketplace.
“I’m excited about this collaboration with Intonation Research Laboratories, which has the potential to speed the translation of promising research into urgently needed new treatments and therapies,” said Marc Tessier-Lavigne, PhD, president of Stanford University. “This type of partnership goes to the heart of why we created the Innovative Medicines Accelerator — to connect biomedical researchers with partners so that we can more efficiently translate Stanford discoveries into real impact for society.”
Over the next two years, Intonation, led by Dr. Jain, will collaborate on a project that originated in the laboratory of Justin Annes, MD, PhD, associate professor of endocrinology, and advanced in partnership with Mark Smith, head of medicinal chemistry at Sarafan ChEM-H.
Lloyd Minor, MD, dean of the Stanford School of Medicine, said that the goal of the collaboration, IMA’s second in recent months, is to rapidly improve patient care. “We hope to greatly accelerate our drug development program and deliver transformative treatments to patients burdened with neuroendocrine tumors,” he said.
The agreement calls for a close collaboration where Intonation and the Annes laboratory, with the IMA’s help, contribute expertise and resources to strengthen foundational intellectual property created at Stanford University. “We want to find partners where we don’t just hand it over and be done,” Chaitan Khosla, PhD, the Innovative Medicines Accelerator director and a professor of chemistry and of chemical engineering at Stanford University said. “We want to assist the partner so they can run the next leg of the journey.”
About Intonation Research Laboratories
Intonation Research Laboratory is a Hyderabad based Auxiliary Research Organization, established in 2005 to provide contract research services to the global pharmaceutical industry. Intonation will soon be moving to its newly built state-of the -art research center in Cherlapalli, Hyderabad, India.
