Entries by ginealach

It’s not rocket science

Discovering new drugs is hard. It’s not rocket science – in fact, it’s much harder than rocket science! When new rockets are designed, they generally work successfully almost all of the time. However, with new drug discovery projects, they fail most of the time, in fact >95% of the time. There’s a wide variety of […]

Amphista Therapeutics appoints leading protein degradation pioneer, Ian Churcher as CSO

Glasgow, Scotland, 21 May 2020 – Amphista Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company creating first-in-class cancer therapeutics that harness the body’s natural processes to remove disease causing proteins selectively and efficiently, today announced the appointment of Dr Ian Churcher as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO). Amphista’s CEO Dr Nicola Thompson said, “I’m delighted to welcome Ian to the team. As an […]

Amphista Therapeutics raises $7.5 million Series A round to advance targeted protein degradation assets in cancer

Amphista’s potent bifunctional small molecules augment targeted protein degradation Investors include Advent Life Sciences, the Scottish Investment Bank, the European Investment Fund and US-based BioMotiv Glasgow, Scotland, 7 April 2020 – Amphista Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company creating first-in-class cancer therapeutics that harness the body’s natural processes to selectively and efficiently degrade and remove disease causing proteins, […]