The future?11 Apr 2026 10:32
This seems likely to be the future ?
https://www.isomorphiclabs.com/
Brain child of Demis Hassabis, the next ‘thing’ after AlphaFold, and backed by Google/Alphabet.
Partners include – Lilly, J&J, and Novartis, since 2024. Funding is not a problem - $600m raised last year, plus the ‘promise’ of ~$1bn’s in milestone payments from the BP partners.
However (please check and confirm this), as yet, no IND’s, no trials, and no patents.
Avacta has a platform - pre|CISION®. We know that in ‘gen 1’ form ‘it works’™ - i.e. AVA6000. Seemingly (at least tacitly) endorsed by the FDA by virtue of the removal of dosing restrictions. Looking forward to data updates.
‘Gen 2’, i.e. AVA6103, in trial, no bad news, CC (who will have as up-to-date info as there is) seems exceptionally positive.’ Again, looking forward to updates.
‘Gen 3’, i.e. AVA6207, looking good in pre-clinical – more to come later this year.
We (Avacta human scientists) have done the platform design, trials are ongoing, we have data, we have patents.
We have (again, form your own views here) ~4-5 years on the above AI. But AI will accelerate.
The patent ‘cliff’ is looming in 2030 for some hugely profitable drugs. My take is that BP cannot afford to wait for the AI drug discovery platforms.
With pre|CISION® Avacta may well go down in history as the last truly great ‘human’ designed and delivered cancer treatment platform before AI dominates?
Our future could well be this year.
GLA