RESPIRE | Development of the first oral disease-modifying treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Summary
Palobiofarma is a Spanish biotech company with the ambition to develop new treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases based on adenosine receptor modulation. Our compound PBF-680 is a first-in-class therapy with disease modifying effects in respiratory diseases like COPD. Over 65M
patients suffer from COPD, yet there are no approved therapies that target disease progression. PBF-680 is a unique molecule designed to specifically antagonise the Adenosine 1 Receptor (A1R). it has shown to be safe and well-tolerated in phase 1 trials and demonstrated to reduce pulmonary
symptoms and inflammation in mild-to-moderate asthmatics in phase 2 trials. With funding from the EIC Accelerator, we will demonstrate efficacy in a phase 2 trial in COPD, a market with high unmet medical need. Proven clinical efficacy will be the major milestone to raise €30M (incl €15M EIC
Equity) for a phase 3 trial, followed by an additional fund raising or IPO to independently reach market launch with PBF-680.
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Web resources: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/190151672
Start date: 01-01-2022
End date: 30-06-2024
Total budget - Public funding: 3 537 295,00 Euro - 2 476 106,00 Euro
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Original description

Palobiofarma is a Spanish biotech company with the ambition to develop new treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases based on adenosine receptor modulation. Our compound PBF-680 is a first-in-class therapy with disease modifying effects in respiratory diseases like COPD. Over 65M
patients suffer from COPD, yet there are no approved therapies that target disease progression. PBF-680 is a unique molecule designed to specifically antagonise the Adenosine 1 Receptor (A1R). it has shown to be safe and well-tolerated in phase 1 trials and demonstrated to reduce pulmonary
symptoms and inflammation in mild-to-moderate asthmatics in phase 2 trials. With funding from the EIC Accelerator, we will demonstrate efficacy in a phase 2 trial in COPD, a market with high unmet medical need. Proven clinical efficacy will be the major milestone to raise €30M (incl €15M EIC
Equity) for a phase 3 trial, followed by an additional fund raising or IPO to independently reach market launch with PBF-680.

Status

SIGNED

Call topic

HORIZON-EIC-2021-ACCELERATOROPEN-01

Update Date

09-02-2023
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Horizon Europe
HORIZON.3 Innovative Europe
HORIZON.3.1 The European Innovation Council (EIC)
HORIZON.3.1.2 The Accelerator
HORIZON-EIC-2021-ACCELERATOROPEN-01 EIC Accelerator Open 2021