aid: avicenna-biosciences
name: Avicenna Biosciences
description: 'Avicenna Biosciences, Inc. is a Durham, North Carolina drug development
  company using machine learning-enhanced medicinal chemistry to accelerate the lead-to-candidate
  optimization process for small molecule drug development. Founded in 2020 and led
  by president and CEO Chris Meldrum, the company applies computational screening of
  candidate molecules for drug-like properties to the "last mile" of small molecule
  discovery, targeting neurodegenerative disease programs including Rho kinase inhibitors
  for Parkinson''s disease and ALS. Avicenna raised a seed round led by DCVC Bio and
  has signed research collaborations with partners such as Molecure S.A. The company
  publishes no public developer portal, API, or machine-readable interface as of this
  enrichment pass; it is catalogued here as an AI-for-drug-discovery company profile
  rather than an API provider.'
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  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
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x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- dcvc
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Biosciences
- Life Sciences
- Biotechnology
- Venture Backed
- DCVC Portfolio
- Drug Discovery
- Machine Learning
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Small Molecule
- Neurodegenerative Disease
- Artificial Intelligence
apis: []
common:
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  url: https://www.avicenna-bio.com/
- type: About
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- type: Team
  url: https://www.avicenna-bio.com/team
- type: News
  url: https://www.avicenna-bio.com/news
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/avicenna-biosciences
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/avicenna-biosciences-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/avicenna-biosciences-llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
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  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 3
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