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Drug Discovery

Merck & Co. partners with Dewpoint for biological condensate drug discovery

by Ryan Cross
July 18, 2020 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 98, Issue 28

 

The Boston-based start-up Dewpoint Therapeutics has struck a partnership with Merck & Co. to develop drugs that treat HIV. Dewpoint is focused on developing new ways to drug biomolecular condensates, droplet-like structures of RNA, proteins, and other molecules inside cells that form through a physical process called liquid-liquid phase separation. The firm says these droplets hold secrets for new ways to make drugs for tough-to-treat and untreatable diseases. Dewpoint could receive up to $305 million in payments from Merck.

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