PAVING THE WAY FOR INNOVATIVE MEDICINES
The Lead Discovery Center GmbH (LDC) is a fully operational translational drug discovery organization tapping on a broad network in academia and industry. Together with our partners, we take on high-potential, innovative projects from academic institutions and collaboratively transform them into medically and commercially viable assets.
> 100 academic partners
from all over Germany and beyond fuel our portfolio, contributing break-through innovations and dedicated expertise. Our steadily growing network includes institutes from the Max Planck Society, universities (and their associated hospitals), German centres for health research, German research centres of the Helmholtz Association, and academic excellence clusters.
125 drug discovery projects
started at LDC since 2008. 15 successfully completed projects have been partnered with or licensed to industry partners.
25 validated leads
have been successfully developed since our foundation in 2008, each one with proven efficacy in relevant animal models, patentable and ready to enter pharmaceutical drug development.
30 industry/investment deals
have been achieved to date, including options, licences, co-developments, spin-outs, subsidiary companies and alliances, also due to LDC’s broad and reliable pharma and investor network.
30 drug discovery projects
are currently under research and development: a mix of small molecules and therapeutic antibodies targeting a broad range of human diseases with high unmet medical need.
120 experienced experts at LDC
secure the professional progress of our projects in line with the highest industry standards. Together, we cover all core disciplines of drug discovery: medicinal chemistry, assay development & screening, biology, pharmacology, therapeutic antibodies, project management, business development, and intellectual property.
> 100 publications and patents
mainly together with our collaboration partners; by providing tools for our academic collaboration partners, LDC enables and supports a substantial number of high-quality publications/patent applications.
