RE: Re: Pfizer Tyk2 Mystery solved2 Jul 2022 13:11
Soo Roivant, a very interesting read, https://www.biopharmadive.com/news/roivant-montes-archimedes-spac-merger/599446/
At a glance it appears they have processes to produce best in class molecules using various methods, but the goal is what they call TPP, Target Product Profile.
This is a great read..https://discovery.roivant.com/drug-discovery/best-in-class-small-molecules/
It feels very much like what Sareum do, but in a more in-house system, if Sareum need supercomputer data, we outsource...
If you also look at the their main platform, QUAISAR, note the SAR in the name, it stands for Structure-Activity Relationships. See this:
https://discovery.roivant.com/quaisar-platform/
The origins of Sareum, also incorporate SAR, and yes it's refereeing to the same thing.
Not sure where I'm going with this, more a ramble after some interesting similarities, except of course the valuations.
What is interesting is that Pfizer have chosen them as a partner, thinking about their expertise and the problems with tyk2/jak1 I would say they are tasked with making a tyk2/jak1 more target specific as it's currently not good enough - if it was there wouldn't have been a delay by Pfizer.
We are at the end of that process really, and time to see the results in humans.
Overall this partnership between the two means tyk2/jak1 just got another player, and from memory it's not allosteric (I actually don't think they ever announced).
The value here is just primed and ready to explode, GSK may well be looking at Sareum, there is plenty to like, as we all know.
It's quite amazing when you think what these 2 guys have done when you compare that to what Roivant is to produce something similar, now - who will be the best in class... That's the question, the beauty of these molecules is that there are plenty of targets with different profiles, so one compound won't fit all disease.
Take care all.