We're thrilled to announce another collaborative Valo manuscript has been published 🚀 highlighting the power of our translational 3D engineered tissue models to recapitulate human biological mechanisms. This marks another positive stride toward improving drug discovery and development. Valo's proprietary capability to perform human cardiac functional tissue experiments in vitro ❤️ has now demonstrably been extended to skeletal muscle 💪 adding enormous insights beyond standard 2D models and animal models. Special thanks to co-lead authors Isabella Pallotta, Ph.D. (Valo Health) and Michael Stec (Regeneron) for their partnership 🤝 on this outstanding work. Check out the paper today in the Journal: Physiological Reports 🤓. 💪 Valo is committed to discovering and developing novel medicines for a variety of therapeutic areas including cardiometabolic diseases, spanning a range of conditions including Type 2 Diabetes, obesity, hypertension, chronic kidney disease and dyslipidemia. Many skeletal muscle disorders remain untreated, in part due to a lack of predictive human models for use in therapeutic development. In this manuscript, we engineered human skeletal muscle tissues for the first time on Valo’s Biowire platform, demonstrating structural and physiological features similar to human skeletal muscle. The Biowire skeletal tissues respond to both exercise (electrical stimulation) and drug treatment with expected adaptations including changes in the force of tissue contraction and fatigue resistance. We believe our 3D human skeletal model will shed light on mechanisms underlying a variety of diseases including pathological fatigability and metabolism that today are still poorly understood and untreated 💪.
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Valo is a technology company built to transform drug discovery and development using large-scale data and AI-powered computation. Valo aims to fully integrate human-centric data across the entire drug development life cycle into a single unified architecture, thereby accelerating the discovery and development of life-changing drugs while simultaneously reducing costs, time, and failure rates. The company’s Opal Computational Platform™ is an end-to-end drug discovery and development platform with a unified architecture designed to transform data into valuable insights that may accelerate discoveries and enable Valo to advance a robust pipeline of programs, initially focused on cardiovascular metabolic renal, oncology, and neurodegenerative disease.
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We are thrilled to announce #Logica, our joint offering with Charles River Laboratories, has entered a multi-year collaboration with Lundbeck. This new endeavor will leverage Logica to apply its integrated AI-powered solutions in designing small molecule drugs for high unmet need neurological diseases.
Charles River and Lundbeck Enter Agreement Utilizing AI-Powered Logica® to Advance the Discovery of Novel Drugs for Neurological Disease
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It was a great honor to host Karsten Munk Knudsen and Novo Nordisk's leadership team in Lexington at Valo HQ last week!
Innovation for the benefit of people with serious chronic diseases is at the core of what we do at Novo Nordisk, and our US Research & Development Hub in Greater Boston exemplifies our commitment to science and innovation. Since establishing ourselves in Boston in 2018, our presence has enabled us to tap into the vibrant life science ecosystem and fuel our pipeline with new potential medicines. Last week, my management team and I had the pleasure of experiencing firsthand the passion, talent and innovative spirit of our colleagues at the US R&D Hub and gaining insights into the latest science and technology from both Novo Nordisk partners and other key players in the life science community, including Valo Health, Flagship Pioneering and Whitehead Institute. Thank you to everyone we had the privilege of meeting for sharing your perspectives, which underscore the crucial role of partnerships and collaboration in bringing new innovation to people with serious chronic diseases. Also a special thank you to Uli Stilz, Jacob Petersen, Marie Louise Sveen MD, PhD, Tim Bernstein and John McDonald and teams for being excellent hosts.
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It was a great honor to host Karsten Munk Knudsen and Novo Nordisk's leadership team in Lexington at Valo HQ last week!
Innovation for the benefit of people with serious chronic diseases is at the core of what we do at Novo Nordisk, and our US Research & Development Hub in Greater Boston exemplifies our commitment to science and innovation. Since establishing ourselves in Boston in 2018, our presence has enabled us to tap into the vibrant life science ecosystem and fuel our pipeline with new potential medicines. Last week, my management team and I had the pleasure of experiencing firsthand the passion, talent and innovative spirit of our colleagues at the US R&D Hub and gaining insights into the latest science and technology from both Novo Nordisk partners and other key players in the life science community, including Valo Health, Flagship Pioneering and Whitehead Institute. Thank you to everyone we had the privilege of meeting for sharing your perspectives, which underscore the crucial role of partnerships and collaboration in bringing new innovation to people with serious chronic diseases. Also a special thank you to Uli Stilz, Jacob Petersen, Marie Louise Sveen MD, PhD, Tim Bernstein and John McDonald and teams for being excellent hosts.
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We're #hiring a new Staff Data Scientist, Machine Learning in Lexington, Massachusetts. Apply today or share this post with your network.
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We're #hiring a new Principal Scientist, ADME/PK in Lexington, Massachusetts. Apply today or share this post with your network.
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Exciting news from Flagship Pioneering as they announce the raise of $3.6 billion to fuel breakthrough innovations that transform human health and sustainability. We are proud to be #FlagshipFounded and part of an ecosystem of companies – present and future – taking bold scientific leaps to deliver a better future for all. #onlythebeginning #intelligenthealth
Flagship Pioneering raises $3.6 billion to fuel critical breakthroughs in human health and sustainability. This expanded capital pool will accelerate the impact of original science and the creation and development of an estimated 25 breakthrough companies in human health, sustainability, and artificial intelligence. Hear from Flagship Founder and CEO Noubar Afeyan about how we're taking #BiggerLeaps by leveraging the power of generative AI, forging novel partnerships with pharma to speed drug development, expanding globally, and promoting and hiring top talent to our leadership ranks. Read the full press release: https://bit.ly/4eQfx05
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Discover how Logica-AL combines precision with promise in your drug discovery journey. Our expertise-driven approach leverages a comprehensive range of services, from a vast virtual library and high-throughput screening to DNA-encoded library data. By harnessing predictive models and expert knowledge, we explore chemical spaces, intending you achieve your lead success criteria. Dive into the future of drug discovery with Logica-AL. https://okt.to/FsXb8M #AI #drugdiscovery #pharmaceutical #Logica
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Valo celebrates Pride Month! Tomorrow afternoon, we continue our annual tradition of getting the whole company together for a Toast. It's an amazing event where we share personal stories, who and what has impacted us and why we are so thankful. Happy #PRIDE!
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On May 16th, our NYC office participated in the American Heart Association's 100th centennial walk, walking 3 miles together to support this vital cause. As millions of Americans live with heart disease, Valo's mission, dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative medicines for all, is directly aligned with the Heart Association and the centennial walk. The team had a fantastic time enjoying each other's company, being active, and showing support for the important cause. #AHAWalk #walkforacause #team #intelligenthealth
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