Saturday, May 24, 2008

Quantum Pharmaceuticals and Tibotec Pharmaceuticals enter antiviral drug discovery collabortaion.

Quantum Pharmaceuticals announces a drug discovery collaboration with Tibotec Pharmaceuticals (subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson).

Under the terms of the agreement Quantum Pharmaceuticals will provide Tibotec Pharmaceuticals with the family of anti-viral drug hits. The drug hits were discovered by Quantum Pharmaceuticals using its proprietary discovery technology. Tibotec Pharmaceuticals is to further evaluate and develop transferred molecules. Financial terms of the collaboration were not disclosed.

About Tibotec Pharmaceuticals BVBA
Tibotec BVBA is a global pharmaceutical and research development company. The Company's main research and development facilities are in Mechelen, Belgium with offices in Yardley, Pa. and Cork, Ireland. Tibotec is dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C drugs, and anti-infectives for diseases of high unmet medical need.

About Quantum Pharmaceuticals
Quantum Pharmaceuticals is a drug discovery company based in Moscow, Russia specializing in small molecule screening and design through the use of its proprietary technology platform.

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