ANII “Tools for Innovation” grant

The National Agency for Research and Inno­va­tion (ANII) has awarded Xeptiva Ther­a­peu­tics a new grant, “Tools for Inno­va­tion”. Xeptiva applied for the grant last October, and ANII approved it to begin in March 2023.

The project is enti­tled “Devel­op­ment of immunother­a­pies for the vet­eri­nary market” and seeks to improve the inno­va­tion capa­bil­i­ties of the startup. It con­sists of four ver­ti­cals: hiring spe­cial­ized human resources in both the sci­en­tific and vet­eri­nary areas, intern­ships for post­grad­u­ate stu­dents, con­trolled clin­i­cal trials in dogs with osteoarthri­tis, and train­ing human resources abroad, which will allow the company to acquire capa­bil­i­ties and access tech­nolo­gies not avail­able in our country.

ANII con­trib­utes approx­i­mately 70% of the total amount assigned to the project and Xeptiva the remain­ing 30%. The project will last 24 months.

This gov­ern­ment grant is a fun­da­men­tal support for Xeptiva, since it will allow the company to improve its research and inno­va­tion capa­bil­i­ties by hiring new spe­cial­ized human resources, per­form­ing clin­i­cal trials and access­ing new tech­nolo­gies abroad.

About Xeptiva

Xeptiva Ther­a­peu­tics LLC is a clin­i­cal-stage biotech company ded­i­cated to the devel­op­ment of immunother­a­pies to treat con­di­tions asso­ci­ated with chronic neu­roin­flam­ma­tion in com­pan­ion animals. The company was created with the mission to improve com­pan­ion animals’ healthspan (quality of life) and life­span (years of life) by devel­op­ing simple, afford­able, dis­rup­tive and highly effec­tive immunother­a­pies.

About ANII

The National Agency for Research and Inno­va­tion (ANII) is a gov­ern­ment entity that pro­motes research and the appli­ca­tion of new knowl­edge to the pro­duc­tive and social reality of Uruguay. ANII makes funds avail­able to the public for research projects, national and inter­na­tional post­grad­u­ate schol­ar­ships and incen­tive pro­grams for inno­va­tive culture and entrepreneur­ship, both in the private and public sectors.

ANII devel­oped the National System of Researchers, a program of eco­nomic incen­tives for national researchers cat­e­go­rized based on a strict eval­u­a­tion system. It also created the Timbó Portal, which allows free access to all kinds of sci­en­tific pub­li­ca­tions from around the world for all Uruguayans. ANII works as a mech­a­nism for artic­u­la­tion and coor­di­na­tion between the actors involved in the devel­op­ment of knowl­edge, research and inno­va­tion.