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March 2026

Valentina Varela leads new publication in Biotechnology Reports on rNGFSP, the technology behind Xep01

A peer-reviewed paper describes the pro­duc­tion and char­ac­ter­i­za­tion of rNGFSP, the fusion immuno­gen that elicits dual anti-NGF and anti-Sub­stance P anti­bod­ies.

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November 2025

Athos Therapeutics and Xeptiva Therapeutics announce partnership to discover vaccine biomarkers

Athos will use its AI-driven omics plat­form to analyze plasma samples from Xeptiva’s trial in dogs with osteoarthri­tis pain, looking for biomark­ers of response.

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November 2025

Finalist in the Start-up category of the PwC Uruguay Innovation Award 2025

Xeptiva was rec­og­nized among the final­ists of the start-up cat­e­gory.

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December 2024

Dr. Luis Barbeito wins the National Science Grand Prize 2024

Our co-founder and CIO received the second edition of the prize awarded by Uruguay’s Min­istry of Edu­ca­tion and Culture, rec­og­niz­ing his career in neu­ro­science.

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October 2024

Xeptiva Therapeutics raises a $2.5M seed round

The round was led by Zen­tynel Fron­tier Invest­ments, with par­tic­i­pa­tion from iThink VC, ND Latam, Sergio Fogel, FEN Ven­tures and Uruguay Biotech Ven­tures.

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July 2024

The first industrial batch of our vaccine has been produced

Xeptiva now has its first GMP-quality vaccine, pro­duced with aca­demic and indus­trial part­ners after years of safety studies.

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July 2024

New government grant to protect our patents

ANII approved funding for the national patent phases of Xeptiva’s prod­ucts in Latin America, Asia and Europe.

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December 2023

New agreement between Xeptiva Therapeutics and the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo

The Insti­tut Pasteur de Mon­te­v­ideo became a partner of Xeptiva, a mile­stone for the devel­op­ment of our tech­nol­ogy.

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June 2023

Xeptiva selected for Pasaporte Emprendedor

Our CEO joins the program run by Endeavor, ANII and Ingenio to prepare start-ups for global markets.

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May 2023

Josefina Correa selected for the WeXchange & IDB Lab forum

Our CEO won WeXchange Chapter Uruguay and rep­re­sented Xeptiva at the Women STEMpreneurs com­pe­ti­tion in Bogotá.

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March 2023

ANII “Tools for Innovation” grant

Funding for spe­cial­ized staff, post­grad­u­ate intern­ships, con­trolled clin­i­cal trials in dogs with osteoarthri­tis and train­ing abroad.

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December 2022

License agreement with the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo

Xeptiva signed a license to turn the tech­nol­ogy patented at the Insti­tute into mar­ketable prod­ucts.

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March 2022

Grant with the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo

An ANII academy–indus­try grant to val­i­date the mech­a­nism of action of our vaccine for chronic pain in com­pan­ion animals.

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September 2021

Emiliano Trias receives the IBRO Young Investigator Award 2021

The Inter­na­tional Brain Research Orga­ni­za­tion rec­og­nized our CSO for his research on neu­rode­gen­er­a­tion and pre­ma­ture aging.

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