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Our History

2010

Incanthera established as a spin-out from the University of Bradford Institute of Cancer Therapeutics (ICT).

2011

Receives first institutional investment alongside assignment of intellectual property and enters into the Pipeline Agreement with ICT.

2012

Receives further institutional investment for the development of a revolutionary new cancer therapy arising from ICT. The Company uses the investment to complete several pre-clinical studies adding significant value to its rapidly increasing data package.

2013

Launches a partnership with global investment group Technomark Life Sciences. The two businesses begin to work together to prepare ICT2588 Incanthera’s revolutionary treatment for solid tumours – for clinical trials.

2014

Acquires Onco-NX, an anticancer drug discovery Company. Begins an advanced preclinical
programme for ICT03-Es5. Granted a patent in the US and Japan for ICT01-2588.

2015

Completes a successful fundraise of £1.3m., acquires a new drug programme through Spear Therapeutics Limited and acquires further technology through the Pipeline Agreement.

2016

Incanthera is granted patents in Great Britain and the US for its programme ICT03-EsS and acquires further technology through the Pipeline Deal.

2017

Incanthera signs first commercial deal for the Company’s lead asset, ICT01-2588.

2018

Incanthera signs extension to the unique pipeline deal with the ICT for a further ten years.

Acquisition of technology for innovative topical application for solar keratosis and melanoma, Sol.

2020

Incanthera announces successful flotation on London’s AQSE Growth Market.

Major progress with Sol achieved - read more

2023

Incanthera announces commercial deal for its luxury skincare brand, Skin + CELL, with Marionnaud (Switzerland), part of AS Watson Group, the world’s largest health and beauty retailer with over 16,000 stores  globally.

2024

Skin + Cell range in production for launch.