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Insilico announces a multi-target AI-powered drug discovery collaboration with Janssen
BEIJING, Nov. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

Insilico Medicine, a leader in deep generative reinforcement learning for 
target discovery, small molecule generation, and prediction of clinical trial 
outcomes, today announced that it entered into a multi-target drug discovery 
agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V. (Janssen), one of the Janssen 
Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. The collaboration was 
facilitated by Johnson & Johnson Innovation LLC. 

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Under the terms of the agreement, Insilico Medicine will design small molecule 
hits with the defined properties for several targets nominated by Janssen and 
to receive upfront and milestone payments. Insilico Medicine will demonstrate 
the discovery process and detailed platform capabilities. 

Since 2015 Insilico Medicine pioneered the field of generative adversarial 
networks and reinforcement learning for generative chemistry and generative 
biology and published multiple research publications and patents in the area 
including proof-of-concept studies with experimental validation. In 2020 it 
unveiled the Chemistry42 ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2975293-1&h=3526638674&u=https%3A%2F%2Finsilico.com%2Fchemistry42&a=Chemistry42 
) generative chemistry operating system and made first on-site deployments with 
the big pharmaceutical companies and drug discovery partnerships. 

"We are very happy to collaborate with Janssen, one of the leading and most 
innovative companies in the field of drug discovery. Since 2019 Insilico 
Medicine has been a resident of Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS which 
facilitated closer communication with the scientists at Janssen and other 
companies in the ecosystem and we see this collaboration as a "graduation" from 
JLABS", said Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD, founder, and CEO of Insilico Medicine. 

About Insilico Medicine

Insilico Medicine develops software that leverages generative models, 
reinforcement learning (RL), and other modern machine learning techniques for 
the generation of new molecular structures with specific properties. Insilico 
Medicine also develops software for the generation of synthetic biological 
data, target identification, and the prediction of clinical trials outcomes. 
The company integrates two business models; providing AI-powered drug discovery 
services and software through its Pharma.AI platform ( 
www.insilico.com/platform/ ) and developing its own pipeline of preclinical 
programs. The preclinical program is the result of pursuing novel drug targets 
and novel molecules discovered through its platforms. Since its inception in 
2014, Insilico Medicine has raised over $52 million and received multiple 
industry awards. Insilico Medicine has also published over 100 peer-reviewed 
papers and has applied for over 25 patents. Website http://insilico.com/

Contact: ai@insilico.com

SOURCE  Insilico Medicine Hong Kong Limited
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