Company Details

Name Genophrenix
Year founded 2006
Category Medicine
University partner Sheffield
Biofusion shareholding 60%
Biofusion investment to date £200,000 (committed up to)

Contact Details

Contact details  Andrew Tingey
Genophrenix Limited
The Bioincubator
40 Leavygreave Road
Sheffield
S3 7RD
Telephone +44 (0) 114 275 5555
E-mail andrewtingey@biofusion.co.uk
Website http://www.genophrenix.co.uk/

Company Background

Genophrenix has identified several proteins and their genes that interact with a key component that is implicated in schizophrenia. By understanding which genes are involved in the disease and targeting these rather than attempting to treat the symptoms, Genophrenix believes that more specific and efficacious drugs can be developed with reduced side effects. Genophrenix will initially focus on developing targets and compounds to treat schizophrenia and aims to provide commercially viable licensing opportunities that will be attractive to the global pharmaceutical industry.

For the non-technical

The causes of schizophrenia are still not completely understood and as a result many of the existing drugs have extreme effects and only limited effect on the schizophrenia. Genophrenix has identified an area of the brain that may be common amongst all schizophrenia sufferers and is developing a way of targeting this specific area so that we have a better performing drug with much fewer side effects.


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