Insilico Medicine Snaps Up $60M to Create Robotic Lab of the Future

Part of the newly raised money will be spent on advancing its lead program in fibrosis which is currently in a Phase I study, and further expanding its proprietary end-to-end AI-driven platform Pharma.AI, comprising of three key modules: PandaOmics™ for target discovery; Chemistry42™ for generative drug design; and InClinico™ for predicting clinical trial outcomes. It should be noted that Pharma.AI platform already demonstrated a repeated ability to reach drug discovery milestones rapidly. Since the previous round seven programs in its internal pipeline have progressed to the IND-enabling stage, including a novel 3CL protease inhibitor for COVID-19 treatment, and two synthetic lethality programs targeting MAT2A and USP1 for oncology. It also successfully completed a Phase 0 microdose study and entered a Phase I clinical trial with its first internally developed program targeting fibrosis. In this respect, the new and existing investors have a demonstrated proof-of-concept and feasibility, which is reflected in the company’s ability to win their trust with yet another round, during the times of unprecedentedly tough market conditions, bringing the total raised capital on the balance of Insilico Medicine to a whopping $366 million.

Another strategic direction the company is planning to pursue with the additional funding is building a fully automated, AI-driven robotic drug discovery laboratory, and fully robotic biological data factory to complement Insilico’s existing data assets.