CPS Grad Student among winners at Entrepreneurship Week Pitch Competition

Nabanita Nawar, co-founder of HDAX Therapeutics and a PhD student and course instructor in the Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences at U of T Mississauga, impressed the judges in the late-stage category competition with her pitch outlining the startup’s novel approach to treating brain diseases.

By using a patented mechanism to target the protein HDAC6 – implicated in brain cancers and neurodegenerative disorders – HDAX Therapeutics is looking to bring a high degree of precision and efficiency to deliver a strong anti-tumor effect, which has already been observed in animal studies.

The company is led by trainees out of the lab of Professor Patrick Gunning, who has spun out several successful biotech companies.

For more information on this competition and the winners, visit: UofT News.