Healx Ltd.
We’re driven by the shared purpose of breaking new ground in the discovery of new treatments for rare diseases. Healx is a mission-driven technology company pioneering the next wave of drug discovery in order to bring novel, effective treatments to rare disease patients around the world. There are 7,000 known rare diseases that affect 400 million people across the globe, but only 5% of those conditions have an approved treatment. By combining frontier AI technology with deep drug discovery and development expertise, Healx can accelerate the pace, increase the scale and improve the chance of success of rare disease treatment development in order to meet this huge unmet need and have unprecedented patient impact.
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- Business Type:
- Technology
- Industry Type:
- Clinical Services
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
About Us
Patient-inspired
It all started when Dr Tim Guilliams and Dr David Brown met a man named Nick Sireau in 2014.
Nick had set up a patient group to help find treatments for an extremely rare genetic disorder that affected his sons. For a decade he worked tirelessly, but the drug discovery process was slow and very expensive - a challenge facing nearly all patient groups today.
Tim and Dave had long been advocating drug redevelopment - the use of existing drugs for new therapeutic purposes - when used in combination with artificial intelligence. They knew that this inexpensive and accelerated approach could help others like Nick and the rare disease community overcome the challenges they were facing and find treatments faster.
Nick became their inspiration – he was the living story of the therapeutic need their approach could meet.
Our Values
Care for rare
Rare disease patients are at the heart of everything we do.
We seek opportunities to meaningfully support them and their families - from developing treatments, to volunteering with patient groups, to championing and engaging with the broader community.
Grow as individuals
We are learners, always looking to extend and enhance our expertise.
We believe every voice matters, and work in an environment of mutual respect, honest opinions and trust for one another.
Win as a team
We are united in our mission to help patients.
We strive to maintain an inclusive, diverse and caring culture where we can celebrate successes and lessons together.
Innovate and deliver
The road ahead is challenging.
It requires rapid innovation and calculated risks that won’t compromise our high standards. We take action fast and learn from any failure along the way.
Our Approach
At the centre of our tech-driven approach is Healnet: the next-generation AI platform we built to find novel connections between drugs and diseases. We combine these predictions with in-house expertise to accelerate new treatments through our pipeline to clinical trials and on to patients.