Dendrogenix – Design, develop and bring to patients our proprietary molecules.

Design, develop and bring to patients our proprietary molecules - Dendrogenins - in hearing loss and neurology

Dendrogenins are cholesterol derivatives and powerful inducers of cell differentiation. Discovery and applications of Dendrogenins have already been published in scientific journals. Dendrogenix developed strong know-how in the chemical and biological aspects of Dendrogenins.

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Belgium-based biotech

Dendrogenix is a Belgium-based biotech company founded in 2018 to develop first-in-class molecules, Dendrogenins, to address high unmet medical needs in hearing loss and neurology.

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Belgium-based biotech company

Founded in 2018, Dendrogenix develop first-in-class molecules, Dendrogenins, to address high unmet medical needs in hearing loss and neurology

Hearing Loss

Based on a unique mechanism of action (restoration of synapses’ coupling) and after generating encouraging pre-clinical results in several animal models, Dendrogenix primary asset DX243 is expected to start regulatory toxicology studies and phase 1 clinical trials in 2022 in hearing loss.

DX243 studies

DX243 efficacy was pre-clinically demonstrated in various species and models in prevention and/or treatment of hearing loss with different ways of administration. These studies were performed in several academic institutions such as the Karolinska Institute (Sweden), the University of Tubingen (Germany), the CSIC (Spain) and the University of Liège (Belgium).

Neurology

Dendrogenins appear to own beneficial neuronal properties (i.e. excitotoxicity, inflammation, neuritogenesis, energetic metabolism, synapses) associated with the regeneration of the nervous system. Since these properties are associated with many neurological diseases, the company also intends to further advance its pre-clinical pipeline of products in the neurology area.

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Dendrogenins

The origin of the discovery of our Dendrogenins results from the study of tamoxifen's mode of action through functional genomics studies. Tamoxifen has been the first drug used to treat hormone-dependent breast cancer. During metabolic and functional genomics studies associated with the activity of this drug, an ancillary pathway for Tamoxifen which is involved in the control of cell differentiation has been identified by Dr. Marc Poirot and his scientific team at the INSERM Institute in Toulouse. This pathway is based on serial sterol metabolism that generates molecules with original structures called Dendrogenins. These molecules stimulate cell differentiation in the immune and nervous system and induce growth of dendrites on dendritic cell and neuron precursors.