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Astex Therapeutics Limited

Astex Oncology and CNS Drug Discovery & Development

Astex Therapeutics Limited is a UK company with status active founded in 1999 based in East of England.

CRN
03751674
Founded
1999
Age
27

Overview

Legal name
ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
Region
East of England
Registered address
436 CAMBRIDGE SCIENCE PARK
MILTON ROAD
CAMBRIDGE
CB4 0QA
Insolvency history
No

Corporate ownership

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Latest accounts

Financial period: 1 Jan 2024 to 31 Dec 2024

FULLACCOUNTS
Turnover
Unknown
Profit / Loss
£189,226,912
Employees
173

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

5 events
30 Sep
2027

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

16 May
2026

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

31 Dec
2025

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

02 May
2025

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

14 Apr
1999

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

2 awards
First funded
2021
Funded years
2021, 2023
Age at first award
22 years

Projects

2023 Collaborative R&D

Genetic analysis for stratification and discovery in dementia patients by extending the NOMALY framework to non-coding variation

1 Sep 2023 to 31 Aug 2025

Awarded
£26,342
Total cost £52,684

OutSee Limited working with Astex Pharmaceuticals will be unlocking value and insights in non-coding genomic data through the _Nomaly_ approach to support precision medicine for dementia patients. We will be developing new AI to tackle the non-coding part of the genome alongside discovery developed on the protein-coding variation in the genome. Dementia i...

2021 Feasibility Studies

Practical improvements to the performance of quantum simulation for drug-protein binding

1 Nov 2021 to 30 Apr 2023

Awarded
£0
Total cost £23,897

The process of discovering and testing new drugs is very expensive and takes a long time. The average cost of discovering a new drug and bringing it to market has tripled since 2010, reaching almost $3bn in 2018\. Current methods for discovering new drugs are unreliable and involve a 'trial-and-error' approach. Pharmaceutical companies want to reduce the ...

Product types

Collaborative R&D Feasibility Studies