Charles River, Aita enter strategic agreement

Charles River Laboratories International and Aitia announced a strategic agreement that gives Aitia access to Logica, Charles River’s Artificial Intelligence powered drug solution platform, for the optimized discovery and early development of multiple therapeutic programs for neurodegenerative disease and oncology. Under the terms of the agreement, Aitia will deploy Logica across their portfolio of novel drug targets with the aim of creating and advancing drug candidates for neurological indications, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s diseases and cancers, including prostate cancer and multiple myeloma. “Unraveling the complex genetic and molecular circuitry of neurodegenerative disorders is critical to the discovery of treatments that significantly slow or reverse these devastating diseases,” said Colin Hill, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Aitia. “I do not believe we will get there without the insights from our Digital Twins, which now combined with the advantages of Logica, positions Aitia to rapidly translate our discoveries into novel drug candidates. We are excited to join forces with Charles River, leveraging their decades of industry expertise in research to fuel our R&D efforts.”