Schrödinger Broadens and Accelerates Predictive Toxicology Initiative
November 18 2024 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
– Additional funding received from the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation to further accelerate initiative
–
Schr�dinger, Inc. (Nasdaq: SDGR), today announced that it is
broadening and accelerating its initiative to expand the company’s
computational platform to predict toxicology risk early in drug
discovery. The goal of the initiative, announced earlier this year,
is to develop a computational solution designed to improve the
properties of novel drug development candidates and reduce the risk
of development failure associated with binding to off-target
proteins, which can be associated with serious side effects.
In conjunction with this expansion, Schr�dinger received an
additional $9.5 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, which follows the initial $10 million grant from the
Gates Foundation in July 2024. The additional funding enables
Schr�dinger to more rapidly access relevant experimental structures
and extends the funding for this initiative to April 2026. Once
developed, the technology will be available to the Gates
Foundation’s grantees around the world to help speed the
development of new drugs against diseases that disproportionately
affect people in low- and middle-income countries. These tools will
also be available to Schr�dinger’s software customers and will be
used to advance Schr�dinger’s proprietary drug discovery programs
and collaborations.
“This additional funding allows us to accelerate and broaden the
scope of our initiative to rapidly develop high-quality
computational models to address off-target toxicity, a significant
cause of drug development failure,” stated Ramy Farid, Ph.D., chief
executive officer at Schr�dinger. “We are grateful to the Gates
Foundation for their continued support and shared vision of using
computation to reduce the potential for safety issues in
preclinical and clinical research and significantly lower the cost
and risk of drug development.”
Schr�dinger has already generated several computational
predictive models of off-target drug activity. The company’s recent
advances characterizing the structure of safety-related proteins
such as hERG (recently published in Cell) and cytochrome P450
enzymes are examples of these efforts.
The majority of revenue associated with the additional funding
is expected to be recognized in 2025.
About Schr�dinger Schr�dinger is transforming molecular
discovery with its computational platform, which enables the
discovery of novel, highly optimized molecules for drug development
and materials design. Schr�dinger’s software platform is built on
more than 30 years of R&D investment and is licensed by
biotechnology, pharmaceutical and industrial companies, and
academic institutions around the world. Schr�dinger also leverages
the platform to advance a portfolio of collaborative and
proprietary programs and is advancing three clinical-stage oncology
programs. Founded in 1990, Schr�dinger has approximately 900
employees operating from 15 locations globally. To learn more,
visit www.schrodinger.com, follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram, or
visit our blog, Extrapolations.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This
press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
including, but not limited to those statements regarding
Schr�dinger’s expectations about the speed and capacity of its
computational platform, the long-term potential of its business,
its ability to improve and advance the science underlying its
platform, including the ability to predict off-target activity, its
ability to improve drug discovery and the timing during which the
initiative’s technology will become available to software customers
and collaborators, its expectations related to the recognition of
revenue from the initiative, as well as expectations related to the
use of its cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities.
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“intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,”
“project,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would” and statements in
the future tense are forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements reflect Schr�dinger’s current views
about its plans, intentions, expectations, strategies and
prospects, which are based on the information currently available
to the company and on assumptions the company has made. Actual
results may differ materially from those described in these
forward-looking statements and are subject to a variety of
assumptions, uncertainties, risks and important factors that are
beyond Schr�dinger’s control, including the demand for its software
platform, its ability to further develop its computational
platform, its reliance upon third-party providers of cloud-based
infrastructure to host its software solutions, factors adversely
affecting the life sciences industry, its reliance upon its
third-party drug discovery collaborators, the uncertainties
inherent in drug development and commercialization, such as the
conduct of research activities and the timing of and its ability to
initiate and complete preclinical studies and clinical trials,
whether results from preclinical studies will be predictive of the
results of later preclinical studies and clinical trials,
uncertainties associated with the regulatory review of IND
submissions, clinical trials and applications for marketing
approvals, the ability to retain and hire key personnel and other
risks detailed under the caption “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in
the company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings and
reports, including its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended September 30, 2024, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on November 12, 2024, as well as future filings
and reports by the company. Any forward-looking statements
contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof.
Except as required by law, Schr�dinger undertakes no duty or
obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in
this press release as a result of new information, future events,
changes in expectations or otherwise.
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Jaren Madden (Investors) Schr�dinger, Inc.
jaren.madden@schrodinger.com 617-286-6264
Matthew Luchini (Investors) Schr�dinger, Inc.
matthew.luchini@schrodinger.com 917-719-0636
Allie Nicodemo (Media) Schr�dinger, Inc.
allie.nicodemo@schrodinger.com 617-356-2325
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