VECT-HORUS is a French biotechnology company focused on developing vector molecules and vectorized drug-candidates that will open new avenues for drug delivery to the central nervous system (CNS, brain and spinal cord) and treatment of CNS diseases.

VECT-HORUS’ breakthrough vector technology is dedicated to enhance drug targeting and delivery to the diseased CNS for the treatment of pathologies which represent the second therapeutic area on the pharmaceutical market in terms of sales turnover. VECT-HORUS develops vector molecules for conjugation with drugs or drug-candidates that normally cannot enter the brain.

VECT-HORUS’ strategy is to leverage its CNS drug targeting platform to create patentable New Chemical Entities (NCEs) that cross the blood brain barrier (BBB). Such compounds will be out-licensed to (bio)pharmaceutical companies once proof-of-therapeutic efficacy or preclinical proof-of-principle is established.

Scientific Strategy

VECT-HORUS bases its scientific strategy on the principle that the blood brain barrier (BBB) is not only a physical barrier that one needs to cross to deliver drugs to the CNS, but most importantly a functional barrier whose transport mechanisms, can be used advantageously for drug targeting.