SOM Biotech
The AI engine Fit Assessment
BetaSOM Biotech leverages machine learning for drug discovery, identifies new patterns for therapeutic development, and actively engages in drug repurposing for orphan diseases.
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- Catherine Msc (Chief People Officer) worked at Lilium as Head of People Business Partnering for 1.5 years (2021 - 2022)
- Val Miftakhov (Founder & CEO) worked at Google in various roles, including Head of R&D, Google for Work Incubation, for a total of 4 years (2012 - 2016)
- 6m headcount growth: 25%
- 1Y headcount growth: 94%
- Headcount-to-last-round ratio: 5.3 employees/$M
- Drug Repurposing
SOM Biotech is a drug innovation company based on a pioneering AI-based drug discovery technology – SOM AI PRO -, that has built a robust pipeline focused mainly on Orphan CNS products with very high unmet need and blockbuster potential. SOM AI PRO has been validated with 2 successful Phase 2 trials (TTR Amyloidosis, Chorea in Huntington disease), and four programs are at the preclinical stage. SOM Biotech applies the proprietary AI-based drug discovery technology for building its pipeline and strategic collaborations with the companies. The AI technology can be applied in any therapeutic area and allows advancing drug candidates into Phase 2a in less than one year (through 505b2 pathway). It also allows improving the effectiveness of drug discovery and drug life cycle management by the identification of novel targets and indications for the molecules.