Icagen(美國)

Icagen

美國Icagen www.icagen.com主要研發(fā)用于治療疼痛和相關(guān)不適應(yīng)癥狀的離子通道藥物。Icagenisabiopharmaceuticalcompanyfocusedonthediscovery,developmentandcommercializationofnovelsmallmoleculedrugsthatmodulateionchanneltargets.Thecompany hasdevelopedanintegratedtechnologyplatformthatallowsfortheefficientdiscoveryofdrugleads.Ionchannelsareproteinstructuresfoundinvirtuallyeverycellofthehumanbody.Ionchannelsspanthecellmembraneandregulatetheflowofions,whicharechargedparticlessuchassodium,potassium,calciumandchloride,intoandoutofcells.Therearecurrentlynumerousdrugsthatmodulateionchannelsandaremarketedbythirdpartiesformultipletherapeuticindications.Keyelementsofourionchanneltechnologyincludeourcloningofover300humanionchannelgenes,whichwebelieverepresentssubstantiallyallofthehumanionchannelgenome;expertiseindevelopinghighthroughputscreensforionchan