VECT-HORUS

Founded in 2005, by Alexandre TOKAY, CEO, and Dr. Michel KHRESTCHATISKY, Scientific Advisor, VECT-HORUS is a spin-off of the NICN UMR7259 (CNRS and Aix-Marseille University) now Institute for NeuroPhysiopathology (INP) directed by Dr. Michel KHRESTCHATISKY (UMR7051, CNRS AMU). Based in Marseille, France, the company has 35 employees, mostly in R&D, under the responsibility of Dr. Jamal TEMSAMANI, Head of Drug Development. Vect-Horus designs and develops vectors that facilitate targeting and delivery of therapeutic or imaging agents to organs, including the brain and tumours. Vect-Horus combines these different agents to its vectors that specifically target various receptors, allowing these agents to cross natural barriers (first and foremost the blood-brain-barrier) which limit access of therapeutic or imaging agents to their targets. The proof of concept of the technology has already been established in animal models using different vectorized molecules.