PMI Biopharma Solutions and Nashville Biosciences Announce Strategic Alliance to Combine Comprehensive Drug Discovery Support

Saturday, March 07, 2020

PMI Biopharma Solutions a provider of research, pharmaceutical development, and early-phase clinical manufacturing services and Nashville Biosciences, a clinical-genomic and bioinformatics company, today announced a strategic collaboration to leverage both parties' unique strengths to provide their customers with an integrated product offering around drug discovery and development.

Drug discovery is an expensive and high-risk endeavor, and proper target identification and validation is the foundation of a successful drug discovery campaign. Under this alliance, both organizations will have the opportunity to bundle Nashville Bioscience's data and in silico technology with PMI's comprehensive laboratory services and scientific expertise to experimentally test mechanistic & therapeutic hypotheses for a comprehensive drug target identification and validation package.

"With both organizations located in Nashville it was an easy decision to pair our capabilities to better serve our clients. This alliance will allow clients a smooth transition from in silico to in vitro studies," remarked Dr. David Sunseri, CEO, PMI Biopharma Solutions.

Dr. Leeland Ekstrom, Chief Operating Officer and Founder of Nashville Biosciences, commented, "Our respective capabilities fit together very nicely to advance our clients' research & development in the life sciences. We are excited to collaborate with PMI Biopharma Solutions to better serve our clients."