The document discusses the European Lead Factory project, which aims to establish an open source pharma industry for developing drugs for neglected diseases. It outlines the collaborative drug discovery process, including crowdsourcing chemical compounds and biological targets, screening compounds through a shared library, and making qualified hit lists available to partners. The goal is to generate value from publicly funded initiatives through this large-scale open innovation experiment.
Open Source Pharma: Game changing for innovative medicine
1. Game Changing for Innovative Medicine
Dr. Dimitrios Tzalis, Taros Chemicals
Towards a New Open Source Pharma Industry for the Global Poor, Sfondrata 16-18 July 2014
2. Disclaimer
2
Dear Reader,
Only the official and formally signed contractual documents in
relation to the EU Lead Factory (the Project Agreement, Grant
Agreement, the Description of Work, and Third Party Access
Agreements) have a binding value in relation to the subject
matter covered in these slides.
Any information contained in these slides is not binding upon
the parties and can in no event be used to interpret or
complement the formally signed contractual documents
referred to above.
The EU Lead Factory Team
3. Drug Research Value Chain
3
Compound
Value
TargetTarget
Hit
finding
Hit
finding
Hit to
lead
Hit to
lead
Lead
series
Lead
series
Phase I &
II
Phase I &
II
Phase II
&
registrate
Phase II
&
registrate
Sales €€Sales €€
Years 3 5 6 8 11 13 25
5. A Large-Scale Controlled Experiment
5
Shared
Use of
Compound
Collections
Shared
Use of
Compound
Collections
Crowd-
Sourcing
Innovation
from Biology
& Chemistry
Crowd-
Sourcing
Innovation
from Biology
& Chemistry
Partnering
of Public
Target
Programmes
Partnering
of Public
Target
Programmes
Value
Generation
from Publicly-
funded
Initiative
Value
Generation
from Publicly-
funded
Initiative
6. A Large-Scale Controlled Experiment
6
Shared
Use of
Compound
Collections
Crowd-
Sourcing
Innovation
from Biology
& Chemistry
Crowd-
Sourcing
Innovation
from Biology
& Chemistry
Partnering
of Public
Target
Programmes
Partnering
of Public
Target
Programmes
Value
Generation
from Publicly-
funded
Initiative
Value
Generation
from Publicly-
funded
Initiative
8. A Large-Scale Controlled Experiment
8
Shared
Use of
Compound
Collections
Shared
Use of
Compound
Collections
Crowd-Crowd-
Sourcing
Innovation
from Biology
& Chemistry
Partnering
of Public
Target
Programmes
Partnering
of Public
Target
Programmes
Value
Generation
from Publicly-
funded
Initiative
Value
Generation
from Publicly-
funded
Initiative
10. List of hit structures
=
Flying start
Potential partnerships
€€€
and
Opportunity to translate an
idea into a chemical library
10
Target
Proposals
Library
Proposals
What you can get!
11. Accession process
11
Agree to "Website
Terms of Use"
Electronic signature
"Access Agreement"
Selection
Committee
Signing
"Form of Accession"
Target/Library
Design
Proposal
Selected
Proposal
Joint
European
Compound
Library
European
Screening
Centre
Execution
13. 13
shape
flatness
Fsp3
clogP
flatland
MW
Vertex team , J. Med. Chem., 54 ,6405–6416 (2011)
Fsp3 and clogP/MW diverged over the last 20 years!
Medicinal chemists create less three-dimensionality
Pronounced tendency for compounds from flatland
Reliance on “easy chemistry“, Pd-couplings, etc.
~ 420.000 compounds
5% of HFW‘s are found in 75% of compounds!
CAS team, J. Org. Chem. 73, 4443-4451 (2008)
5% / 75%
plot percentage of HFW‘s on x-axis (most=left, least=right)
plot percentage of compounds that contain HFW on y axis
~ 25.000.000 organic compounds
~ 2.600.000 HeteroFrameWorks
14. Library Proposal Criteria
14
Criteria
Novelty
Diversity potential
ideally, potential to yield
>500 final compounds
Structural features
Innovative library
design
Synthetic tractability
Molecular properties
scored for drug-likeness
with preferred clogP < 4
Proposals of highest degree of technical maturity will be prioritised
18. Better Validation = Better Reward
• Validated library idea
• Well documented protocols
• 2 g of key intermediate
• Evidence that >50 compounds can be prepared
•
Joint
European
Compound
Library 5,000 €
+ appl VAT
>50
cmpdsDirect production
20. Target Proposal Criteria
• Value determined by
– Scientific quality
– Innovation potential of target
or
new chemistry associated with target
– Disease relevance
– Diversity of portfolio
• Technical feasibility of the assay
• Transfer to HTS in 3-4 months
• Different from EU Lead Factory targets
20
No phenotypic assays
21. Target assay owner’s…
21
Compensation
to EU Lead Factory
- for Direct Exploitation only -
Option for EFPIA
to license Target Programme for
Direct Exploitation
Access Rights and
Dissemination
(IMI‘s IP Policy)
Obligations
Access Rights and 3 Year
Exclusivity to Exploit
Qualified Hit List Results
Full Control of Target
Programme Progression
Rights
Screening of a unique
Compound Library at
Screening Facility
22. Submission
(1-2 weeks)
Submission
(1-2 weeks)
Review
(1-2 months)
Review
(1-2 months)
Acceptance
(1 month)
Acceptance
(1 month)
Review and Selection Process
22
• Prior commitments
• Technically not feasible (yet)
No
Conditional
Yes
• Further guidance on process
• Arrangement of Legal Forms
StartStart
Programme Office Screening Selection
Committee
Target Programme Owner
& Programme Office
25. Deliverables Target Programme
25
Hit Statistics
Qualified Hit List
with associated
biological data
Preliminary
Hit List
(Compound sample or
synthetic procedure)
Assay
Miniaturization
26. Public Target Programmes Progress
26
Submitted
53
Accepted
19
Assay
development
19
uHTS
11
Hit
Follow-up
6
QHL
1
Molecular
Targets
15 May 2014
27. What happens after QHL delivery?
27
17-7-
Qualified
Hit List
3-year exclusivity period
(Research or Direct Exploitation)
Milestone
Payments
First option to
EFPIA partners
28. A Large-Scale Controlled Experiment
28
Shared
Use of
Compound
Collections
Shared
Use of
Compound
Collections
Crowd-
Sourcing
Innovation
from Biology
& Chemistry
Crowd-
Sourcing
Innovation
from Biology
& Chemistry
Partnering
of Public
Target
Programmes
Value
Generation
from Publicly-
funded
Initiative
Value
Generation
from Publicly-
funded
Initiative
30. A Large-Scale Controlled Experiment
30
Shared
Use of
Compound
Collections
Shared
Use of
Compound
Collections
Crowd-
Sourcing
Innovation
from Biology
& Chemistry
Crowd-
Sourcing
Innovation
from Biology
& Chemistry
Partnering
of Public
Target
Programmes
Partnering
of Public
Target
Programmes
ValueValue
Generation
from Publicly-
funded
Initiative
31. Publication Policy
Dissemination is encouraged! Standard Reviewing Period
Presentations
Scientific publications
Posters
Abstracts
• Clearance from the
European Lead Factory team
• IP Protection
• No confidential data
• Conflicting interests
31
33. Made Possible by
33
EU Lead Factory
combines
innovation of Academia,
agility of SMEs, and
experience of Pharma
and funding from
34. Taros Chemicals GmbH & Co KG
34
Cross Pollination in Open Innovation
• Improves creativity by putting together the best minds on one problem
• Innovation increases when scientist of different backgrounds interact w/o formal hierarchy
• Larger population of researchers with different view points than the “limited” staff
resource in an single company or academic/research institutes
• Open Innovation requires a new form of Project Management and Coordination
Hinweis der Redaktion
The disclaimer included in the exit slide, so this slide might be omitted.
The ultimate goal European lead factory is to produce top-quality starting points for hit-to-lead/lead optimisation drug discovery programmes.
ELF’s role is to help bridging the value gap in early drug discovery, i.e. enable the identification of high value, high quality hits that can be develop into drug lead compounds.
The EU Lead Factory is the first pharmaceutical and life sciences partnership of its kind.
Seven big pharma sharing proprietary compounds
library ideas are crowdsourced in order to expand the JECL with top quality compounds
biological target assays are crowdsourced
targets will be screened to no upfront cost at the industry standard European Screening Centre against JECL
It has been designed to create unrivalled opportunities for the discovery of new drug lead molecules.
This slide reoccurs and can be used as an outline of the talk.
7 big pharma companies have joint forces and are sharing compounds not only with each other, but are also letting European researchers screen their targets through the EU Lead Factory.
Participate ipv contribute
The title can be adjusted depending on the audience.
Your Reward!
What’s in it for you!
Get the reward!
General outline for both Target owners and chemistry contributors.
Terms of use website = You agree with the website storing your contact details etc.
Submission agreement = Online submission of your proposal for review: You retain ownership of your proposal and only grant a license to the consortium for facilitating selection. You keep ownership of the idea and therefore are allowed to publish or pursue any activity you want.
Access agreement = freedom to operate (submitter) and to evaluate (ELF) and confidentiality of proposal
Form of Accession = Acceptance of all relevant clauses of the project agreement (requirement for participation, Not negotiable!)
ELF aims to provide better compounds than the average screening library, i.e. incorporating more diverse hetero frameworks and more sp3 hybridized carbons (avoiding flatland).
HFW, Lipkus et al : http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jo8001276
Flatland, Walters et al:
The molecule in the corner is an example of what would not fit in JECL.
Molecular properties – the drug-relevant molecular properties with preferred clogP &lt; 4
Structural features – structural features that may constitute a liability in screening compounds
Novelty – novelty of the proposed compounds by comparison with a reference set of commercially-available and patented compounds
Diversity potential – value of the proposed approach for the synthesis of ideally more than 500 final compounds
Synthetic tractability – the likely synthetic accessibility by consortium partners of the compound based on the precedent provided
Innovative library design – the rationale that has been used for the design of the compound
Proposals are submitted online via the EU Lead Factory website: www.EuropeanLeadFactory.eu
Instant feed-back on your proposal in the for-purpose designed ELF submission tool
N.B. This is only valid for accepted proposals and after the access agreement is signed.
Phase 1. Online submission of your proposal for review: You retain ownership of your proposal and only grant a license to the consortium for facilitating selection. You keep ownership of the idea and therefore are allowed to publish or pursue any activity you want.
Phase 2. If your proposal is accepted, you sign the accession agreement giving the consortium exclusive rights on you proposal and any compounds/derivatives generated with the proposal in exchange for a monetary reward.
Criteria for €5,000 reward:
Scaffold synthesis validated on a multi-gram scale AND
With full experimental details and spectra for all intermediates provided for the validated synthesis AND
With a physical sample of &gt;2 g (&gt;90% purity) of the key intermediate provided to the consortium immediately prior to diversification with AND
With evidence of identify and purity provided for any derivatives that have been prepared from the key intermediate
A balance weighing over in the advantage of the target owner.
cf Back-up slides
To secure high quality, ethically correct and efficient selection and execution of Target Programmes many committees and boards have been installed.
Independent, external advisors are appointed in these committees.
The European Screening Centre (logos to the left) uses services from other EU sponsored consortia, e.g. OpenPhacts.
Programme Owner is part of the Programme Team
Particularly interesting/promising target programmes can be offered med chem services within ELF, resulting in an Improved hit list (IHL), if resources allow.
These numbers will change as of 21 May (Screening Selection Committee meeting)
Patent Milestones
Three Options (selected at Programme start):(a) € 50,000 to be paid within 45 day after receipt of invoice(b) € 75,000 to be paid within 2 years after achievement of the Milestone(c) 10 % of Compensations received by Programme Owner for Target Programme
Clinical Milestones
for a product containing a QHL Compound or M-Derivative
First IND Approval€ 250,000
Start* Phase II€ 750,000(*dosing of 5th patient)
Start* Phase III€ 2,500,000
Diagnostic Milestones
for a product containing a QHL Compound or M-Derivative
first market launch in the US, EU, China, Brazil, India or Japan€ 250,000
Change of Control
upon licensing or transfer of a Target Programme to a Third Party
(a) before IND approval€ 250,000
(b) after IND approval€ 1,000,000
cf Back-up slide Dissemination: Publication Approval
Publishing key results of target and scaffold programmes is encouraged in order to share the generated knowledge and further advertise the EU Lead Factory concept. However, it requires adherence to the consortium’s publication approval process, which aims to balance the interests of all participants.
The European Lead Factory differs from the numerous academic initiatives in this field by emphasizing the aspect of value generation from the Lead Factory activities.
Publications alone are not viewed as enough success. More tangible value is seen in down-stream alliances formed to progress the screening results along the pharmaceutical value chain, license agreements around generated intellectual property or the generation of spin-outs based on assets generated by external contributors and the European Lead Factory.