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EpyGenix: Fishing for best in class in epilepsy

EpyGenix’s zebrafish Dravet model yields three repurposed molecules with best-in-class potential

May 26, 2021 12:44 AM UTC

EpyGenix has leveraged its animal model of Dravet syndrome to identify three repurposed molecules that have shown high levels of preclinical efficacy. The biotech is hoping the well-established safety profiles of each molecule gives them best-in-class potential.

EpyGenix Therapeutics Inc.’s pipeline was identified using a zebrafish screening model created in the lab of Scott Baraban at the University of California San Francisco. ...