Absci Collaborates with Global Cancer Center to Discover Novel Therapeutics Using Generative AI
August 12 2024 - 8:00AM
Today, Absci Corporation (Nasdaq: ABSI), a data-first generative AI
drug creation company, announced a collaboration with Memorial
Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), a leading cancer treatment and
research center, to discover and develop novel therapeutics using
generative AI for up to six programs. Under the terms of the
collaboration, Absci and MSK’s world-renowned cancer research teams
will co-develop therapeutics using Absci’s Integrated Drug
Creation™ platform.
“MSK has an incredible record of groundbreaking translational
and clinical innovations in oncology,” said Sean McClain, Founder
& CEO of Absci. “By combining MSK’s research expertise with our
generative AI drug creation platform, we have the potential to
unlock critical advances toward treating this devastating
disease.”
“At MSK, we are committed to continuous innovation as we strive
toward our mission of ending cancer for life, and we expect cancer
care AI to play an increasingly important role,” said Gregory
Raskin, MD, Senior Vice President of Technology Development at MSK.
“We look forward to collaborating with Absci in leveraging the
company’s generative AI platform in our ongoing efforts to advance
cancer research and develop new therapies for our patients.”
The new collaboration adds to Absci’s roster of research and
drug development collaborations designed to develop novel biologics
for debilitating diseases. In the last year, Absci has joined
forces with global pharma leaders and research institutes,
including AstraZeneca and Almirall, alongside existing
collaborations with Merck, NVIDIA and others. In addition to drug
creation partnerships, Absci continues to develop a pipeline of
internal drug candidates, including ABS-101, a potential
best-in-class anti-TL1A antibody, designed and optimized using
generative AI.
About AbsciAbsci is a data-first generative AI
drug creation company that combines AI with scalable wet lab
technologies to create better biologics for patients, faster. Our
Integrated Drug Creation™ platform unlocks the potential to
accelerate time to clinic and increase the probability of success
by simultaneously optimizing multiple drug characteristics
important to both development and therapeutic benefit. With the
data to train, the AI to create, and the wet lab to validate, we
can screen billions of cells per week, allowing us to go from
AI-designed antibodies to wet lab-validated candidates in as little
as six weeks. Absci’s headquarters is in Vancouver, WA, with our AI
Research Lab in New York City and an Innovation Center in Zug,
Switzerland. Visit www.absci.com and follow us on LinkedIn
(@absci), X (Twitter) (@Abscibio), and YouTube.
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considered forward-looking within the meaning of the Private
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intend these forward-looking statements, including statements
regarding the capabilities of our Integrated Drug Creation
platform, our technology development efforts and the application of
those efforts, the potential benefits of our partnership with MSK,
the success of our partnerships and the ability to generate
advancements towards treating disease using generative AI drug
creation to accelerate the development of novel candidate
therapies, the anticipated value to us under our partnerships, and
our internal therapeutic asset programs, the progress, milestones
and success of our internal asset programs, including the potential
best-in-class profile of our ABS-101 asset program, to be covered
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relating to our ability to effectively collaborate on research,
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