Inception Sciences, Inc

Inception Sciences is a drug discovery engine co-founded with Versant Ventures in 2011, with operating sites in the US (San Diego) and Canada (Vancouver and Montreal). Inception Sciences creates new companies in partnership with pioneering academic researchers and major biopharmaceutical companies, which provide funding and a path to liquidity through pre-negotiated acquisitions. Drug discovery operations are built around an experienced team of researchers. Previous accomplishments of Inception team members led to multiple marketed and clinical-stage drugs in diverse disease areas including arthritis, neurology, oncology, fibrosis, osteoporosis, arthritis and respiratory disorders. Prior to Inception, team members comprised Amira Pharmaceuticals, a company successfully acquired by Bristol Myers Squibb in 2011. Inceptions business model includes Build-to-Buy partnerships, where world-class academic researchers are matched with pharmaceutical partners to form new drug discovery prog...