Interview: Jean-Marc Juteau, Director, Biotech City, Canada
The director of Biotech City in Laval, close to Montreal, discusses the advantages brought on by the cluster effect, and how this has played out at Biotech City, a government…
Aquinox Pharmaceuticals, Inc. commenced operations in 2006 as a spin-off from the University of British Columbia, the BC Cancer Agency, and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, all organizations with outstanding reputations for world-class research.
Aquinox Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company discovering and developing novel drug candidates to treat inflammation, inflammatory pain, and blood cancers. We are dedicated to advancing novel therapeutics that we believe will make a clinically meaningful difference in patients’ lives.
Our primary focus is anti-inflammatory product candidates targeting SH2-containing inositol-5′-phosphatase 1, or SHIP1, an enzyme that plays a role in an important cellular signaling pathway in immune cells, known as the PI3K pathway. Aquinox has a broad intellectual property portfolio and pipeline of drug candidates that activate SHIP1.
Contact:
Address: Suite 450 – 887 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5T 4T5
Tel.: +1 604 629 9223
Website: http://aqxpharma.com/
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