Idience Co., Ltd.

Idience Co. Ltd. (“Idience’) is a NRDO (No Research & Development Only) company focusing on oncology treatment. The company was established in 2019 by Ildong Holdings Group, a holding company of leading pharmaceutical and healthcare companies in South Korea.

Our first asset, IDX-1197 is a PARP inhibitor for various solid cancers including breast cancer and ovarian cancer. Its ongoing Phase 1a multi-center study showed a promising result. In October 2019, Idience received approval for its initial Investigational New Drug (IND) application from the Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety to start a Phase 1b/2a clinical trial for IDX-1197.

Idience is looking for corporate partners to discover and develop oncology therapeutics. We are open to all license-in and license-out partners.
Company Size (Fulltime employees)
Year of foundation
2019, as subsidiary of Ildong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Partnering Objectives
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Partner with a Chinese pharma company to develop lead asset for the Greater China region
Headquartner in China
Biotech/Pharma Category
Assets Information 1
IDX-1197||Solid tumors|Global
Biotech/Pharma Asset Stage
Dr. Won Sik Lee
CEO 
Functionality

IHM GBA China

Founded in June 2019, with a focus on high-performance medical devices, the Innovation Center of High-Performance Medical Device is devoted to boosting collaboration as well as in-depth integration and innovation of the "Clinical Practice - Scientific Research - Industry - Market"
ecosystem to build high-quality industrial clusters of medical devices by aggregating and utilizing the innovation resources of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and also international resources based on solid clinical practice and industrial basis of Guangdong Province.
Partnering Objectives
Headquartner in China
RUI XING
BD director 

IHM-GBA China

IHM-GBA is short for Innovation center of High-performance Medical device in Greater Bay Area. It's based in Guangzhou of Guangdong province in China. We focus on investment, partnership, and collaboration in global disruptive technology in medical device. We aim at helping global startups to enter into and develop the Chinese market. We are in comprehensive discussion with companies in terms of investment, partnership, licensing, and others.
Website:
www.ihm-gba.com
Year of foundation
2019
Headquartner in China
Stephen Zeng
Director 
Functionality

illumina China

Illumina is a provider of Next Generation Sequencing technology
Website:
www.illumina.com
Partnering Objectives
Headquartner in China
Leslie Lu
BD Manager 
Wei Zhang
senior clinical specialist 

Illumina Ventures United States

Illumina Ventures is an independently managed firm focused on early-stage companies that are pioneering new applications of genomics and enabling precision medicine. Illumina Ventures invest in life science tools, clinical diagnostics, therapeutics, and other opportunities to improve human health.
Company Size (Fulltime employees)
Partnering Objectives
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deal sourcing
Headquartner in China
Wei Wu
Investor 

Immetas Therapeutics United States

Immetas discovers and develops novel therapeutics that modulate the innate immune system to treat age-related cancers and inflammatory diseases. The company’s approach is based on emerging evidence that chronic low-grade inflammation is a fundamental process governing aging and age-related diseases, and anchored in clinical evidence to mitigate development risk. Immetas was founded by J. Gene Wang, MD, PhD, a veteran in discovery and translational drug development in immunology/ inflammation and oncology, and David Sinclair, PhD, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and a leader in the molecular mechanisms of aging. The lead program in the company’s growing pipeline is focused on engineering bispecific antibodies to modulate inflammation in the tumor microenvironment and overcome resistance to the conventional immune checkpoint therapies. Learn more at www.immetas.com
Partnering Objectives
Headquartner in China
J. Gene WANG
CEO 

ImmunoBiochem Canada

ImmunoBiochem is an immuno-oncology biopharmaceutical company that has developed a disruptive approach to targeting unique proteins amplified in cancer secretomes. These targets are secreted from cancer cells and accumulate in tumors, but not in normal tissues, and are constantly recycled in the tumor microenvironment. This novel approach enables the selective and efficacious delivery of immunomodulatory and chemotherapeutic payloads into relevant subsets of cells within the tumor microenvironment, including tumor cells, immune cells and tumor-supporting stroma.
ImmunoBiochem’s IMB-213I candidate delivers a potent innate immune system agonist for the treatment of highly heterogeneous solid tumors, such as TNBC, pancreatic and ovarian cancers.
ImmunoBiochem's IMB-212 candidate delivers a potent cytotoxic payload into difficult-to-treat solid tumors, particularly where no suitable surface targets and no biologics are available.
Company Size (Fulltime employees)
Please specify your partnering goal
Opportunities for collaborations and joint development
Headquartner in China
Assets Information 1
IMB-213I|Novel Immunomodulatory Antibody Conjugate|Solid Tumors|
Assets Information 2
IMB-212|ADC against a novel cancer secretome-based target|Solid Tumors|
Biotech/Pharma Asset Stage
Dr. Anton Neschadim
CEO 
Functionality

Incuron, Inc. United States

Incuron is a private clinical-stage company that develops a novel class of synthetic small molecules, Curaxins, with a unique multi-targeted mechanism of antitumor activity. These chromatin damaging agents interfere with histone/DNA binding causing decondensation of chromatin in tumor cells, functional inactivation of histone chaperone FACT, and simultaneous effect on a set of universal previously undruggable targets, leading to inhibition of pro-cancer transcriptional factors, MYC, NF-kB, HIF1a, and HSF-1, and activation of the tumor suppressor p53, as well as induction of type I interferon response.
Key advantages of curaxins based on current preclinical and early clinical data include:
- novel mechanism of action that would bring the additional treatment option for advanced and relapsed tumors, as well as potential to overcome resistance to previous treatments;
- favorable pharmacology and manageable safety profiles;
- low potential for serious drug-drug interactions providing opportunities for combinatorial therapeutic regimens;
- broad activity in different tumor types that may open wider market opportunities;
- focused phase 2 clinical study program can establish faster clinical proof of concept and build toward accelerated regulatory approval.
Incuron owns a worldwide patent portfolio, including the composition of matter and therapeutic uses of the compounds.

Website:
incuron.com
Headquartner in China
Assets Information 1
The clinical lead curaxin CBL0137 demonstrated dose-dependent, nonclinical efficacy in several preclinical adult and pediatric solid and hematological tumor models, and synergistic activity with multiple conventional drugs. Two Phase 1 clinical trials of CBL0137 in advanced solid tumors (oral and IV formulations) were completed with the results presented at the 2020 ASCO Virtual Annual Meeting (Poster 313 (abstract 3583) and Poster 337 (abstract 3607)). CBL0137 demonstrated favorable pharmacology, a manageable safety profile, and preliminary evidence of antitumor activity with protracted stable disease. It was also studied in patients with hematologic malignancies. Additionally, a Phase I clinical trial of intra-arterial administration to patients with sarcoma or melanoma of extremities is ongoing (NCT03727789). A clinical program in pediatric oncology iscurrently under development. CBL0137 crosses the blood-brain barrier, supporting potential utility in CNS tumors.
Biotech/Pharma Asset Stage
Kristina Zakurdaeva
CEO 
Functionality

Inmagene Biopharmaceuticals

Jonathan Wang
Chairman and CEO 

InnoCare China

InnoCare is a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing, and commercializing first-in-class and/or best-in-class drugs for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. We strategically focus on lymphoma, solid tumors, and autoimmune diseases with high unmet medical needs in China and worldwide. InnoCare has branches in Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, New Jersey, and Boston.

Company Size (Fulltime employees)
Year of foundation
5
Headquartner in China
Biotech/Pharma Category
Jasmine Cui
CEO 
Chunhua Lu
Head of Communication