GUILFORD, Conn., June 02, 2020 — InveniAI® LLC, a global leader pioneering the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to transform innovation across drug discovery and development, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with TB Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to the discovery, development, and delivery of better, faster-acting and affordable tuberculosis (TB) drugs.
TB Alliance will make use of InveniAI's AI and machine learning platform, AlphaMeld®, to identify and accelerate transformative therapies for the management, treatment, and cure of TB, which remains the world's top infectious disease killer.
TB is an infectious respiratory disease that seriously endangers health. Approximately one-quarter of the world's population is estimated to be infected with latent TB, of which 13 million are living in the United States. Globally, about 10 million people develop active TB each year and 1.5 million die from their disease. TB bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to conventional six-month antibiotic treatments, with an estimated 500,000 people developing drug-resistant forms of TB each year.
"Our mission is to develop and deliver new TB treatments that address the significant unmet needs that TB patients face today," said Nader Fotouhi, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, TB Alliance. "There has been growing interest in developing novel immunotherapeutic strategies that address drug-resistant TB as well as shorten the length of treatments. We are excited to deploy AI-powered technology as we strive to reshape the TB treatment landscape."
"Immunomodulatory approaches have proven successful for treating many infectious diseases and have gained momentum for those diseases with an immune component such as oncology, neuro-inflammation, and immuno-metabolism, among others," said InveniAI's President and CEO, Krishnan Nandabalan, Ph.D. "This important collaboration with the TB Alliance comes at an opportune time coinciding with significant success in the clinical development of assets delivered by AlphaMeld®."