Avexa – Biotechnology and Research Development

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Avexa was a Biotechnology and Research Company formed in 2004 in Melbourne, Victoria. Specifically, Avexa discovered and developed anti-infective pharmaceutical medicines for the treatment of serious human infectious diseases.

Avexa’s research programs focus on the discovery of innovative medicines for the treatment of the diseases caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Vancomycin- and methicillin-resistant bacteria, both areas of high medical need.

Avexa also made their debut on the ASX in 2004, at 28.5 cents per share, which was below it’s issue price of 30 cents per share.

Avexa’s Research Partners

Avexa have research partners in its HIV program, HBV programs and VRI program.

HIV Program

Avexa’s research partners in its HIV program include Victorian College of Pharmacy, Monash University, Centre for Drug Candidate Optimisation, Monash University, The University of Wollongong and The Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry.

HBV Programs

Avexa’s research partners in its HBV program include Victorian College of Pharmacy, Centre for Drug Candidate Optimisation, Monash University, The University of Adelaide, The North Carolina State University, USA, Georgetown University, USA, Burnet Institute, Melbourne and The Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry.

VRI Programs

Avexa’s research partners on its VRI program include Wollongong University, Victorian College of Pharmacy and Centre for Drug Candidate Optimisation, The Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry.

Avexa’s Business Development

Commercial Strategy

Avexa’s commercial strategy is focused on realizing the value in internal projects in the area of anti-infectives by achieving definitive, well established milestones for each project.

Collaborations

Avexa has an extensive foundation of experience in anti-infective drug discovery and development and is keen to exploit its expertise through new collaborations in the anti-infectives area. 

In-licensing

Avexa believes its expertise in drug development coupled with its passion to advance anti-infectives projects as effectively as possible make Avexa an excellent choice for projects in need of focused development.

In addition to their research partners, Avexa formed a large team which consisted of a board of directors, executive committee and a scientific advisory board.

Despite Avexa’s business development and improvement efforts, they announced their decision to end work in May 2010, due to the difficulty finding commercial partners for global licencing, legal protection concerns in the US market, and difficulty in confirming the drug effectiveness in certain patients.

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