IMPEDE
Financiado
Immunomodulatory effects of sustained pantethine release in inflammatory disease...
Auto-immune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and inflammation-associated brain diseases including Alzheimer's disease (AD) globally make up a €45B market and cost society close to €648B. The h...
Auto-immune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and inflammation-associated brain diseases including Alzheimer's disease (AD) globally make up a €45B market and cost society close to €648B. The huge number of patients with these diseases causes an enormous socioeconomic burden. Currently, MS, AD and RA affect 120M people worldwide. There is no cure for AD and treatments for autoimmune diseases are not fully effective and reducing the inflammatory component in these diseases is a key strategy.
As a result of our ERC StG NEUROTRAFFICKING we found that a natural molecule, which is Coenzyme A precursor (CoAP), modulates leukocyte trafficking and has anti-inflammatory properties that are, however, limited in effectiveness due to fast breakdown in the gut. Our preliminary data demonstrate that derivatives of CoAP hydrolysis are devoid of antiinflammatory effects and that intact CoAP is required for its therapeutic effect in mouse models of MS and AD. The goal of IMPEDE is to develop a proprietary formulation of CoAP that protects it from hydrolysis and its disulphide bonds from degradation. This provides a novel and highly promising therapeutic approach for the inflammatory diseases, either for combination or stand-alone treatment. A patent application for this novel CoAP formulation has been filed. Subsequent steps will be taken in IMPEDE to generate and validate a more effective product through improved formulation and to prepare further regulatory and IP strategies, design a business strategy
and perform market research. Overall, IMPEDE offers a rapid valorisation of the ERC StG grant on one hand and of the novel CoAP formulation on the other hand. It will generate a novel CoAP formulation with high therapeutic potential in autoimmune diseases and other inflammatory diseases.
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Duración del proyecto: 19 meses
Fecha Inicio: 2015-12-21
Fecha Fin: 2017-07-31
Fecha Fin: 2017-07-31
Línea de financiación: concedida
El organismo H2020 notifico la concesión del proyecto el día 2017-07-31
Línea de financiación objetivo
El proyecto se financió a través de la siguiente ayuda:
ERC-PoC-2015:
ERC Proof of Concept Grant
Cerrada
hace 9 años
Presupuesto
El presupuesto total del proyecto asciende a
150K€
Líder del proyecto
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI VERONA
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Perfil tecnológico
TRL
4-5
Perfil tecnológico
TRL
4-5
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