BioFocus and InterMed Discovery Enter Marketing Collaboration

U.K.-based BioFocus and InterMed Discovery GmbH (IMD), Dortmund, Germany, have entered a marketing collaboration to offer enhanced natural product discovery to the pharmaceutical, animal health and agrochemical industries. No financial details were disclosed.

Under the terms of the collaboration, IMD will make its natural product screening libraries available and provide follow-on services to BioFocus. BioFocus will then incorporate these as part of its own integrated drug discovery offerings. BioFocus has a track record of service deals with industry for the discovery of active ingredients in pharmaceutical, animal health and agrochemical applications.