Rhenovia Pharma SAS
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Rhenovia Pharma SAS believes it can help companies looking to improve existing Alzheimer's disease therapies by using computational models of the brain to identify chemical combinations capable of positively impacting disease symptoms. The start-up aims to build a service-based business running its specialized "biosimulations" on compounds that other companies currently market, have in development or have previously rejected for lack of efficacy.
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Champions Biotechnology Inc.
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