The UK’s Technology Strategy Board has awarded Domainex a £250,000 grant to develop of a new drug to treat several common cancers.
The drug will act by inhibiting two protein kinases, TBK1 and IKKe, which will suppress certain cancer cell lines from growing.
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The aim of the project is to identify a drug candidate that is effective in disease models and would be orally well-absorbed by humans.
Domainex research director Trevor Perrior said that the novel mode of action will allow the treatment of patients with drug-resistant, triple-negative tumours.
The marketing of the new drug will be done in partnership with a large pharmaceutical company that has the ability to conduct drug trials, Domainex said.
