pharmaceutical founded 2009 headquarters barcelona spain products pharmaceuticals website http www.sombiotech.com som innovation biotech s.l. som biotech is a private pharmaceutical company based at the barcelona scientific park barcelona catalonia spain . the company is focused on drug repositioning through its proprietary in silico technology which identifies new biological activities of a given drug . 1 2 som biotech advanced pipeline includes two products already in clinical proof of concept in patients for the treatment of ttr amyloidosis and huntington s disease both rare diseases . som biotech business model is based on different types of licensing and joint venture agreements . 3 4 in 2013 som biotech s product for the treatment of glioblastoma som0777 was licensed to the pharmaceutical company argon pharma . 5 in 2014 som biotech initiated a phase iia proof of concept study in humans regarding its compound som0226 for treatment of ttr amyloidosis with vall d hebron hospital in barcelona . 6 during the same year the united states of america food and drug administration fda granted orphan drug designation to som0226 . 7 8 awards edit som biotech was the winner of the entrepreneurxxi grow 2013 award in biotechnology . 9 references edit norman p. 2011 . successful strategies for drug repurposing . p. 85 . published by scrip insights retrieved and accessed march 23 2015 an alternative path to drug discovery . samedan ltd pharmaceutical publishers . retrieved 6 june 2015 . explore global huntingtons disease therapeutics market outlook to 2020 . retrieved 6 june 2015 . som biotech and the vall d hebron hospital have initiated a clinical trial in patients using a new repositioned drug for amyloid . retrieved 6 june 2015 . http www.europapress.es catalunya noticia som biotech licencia producto glioblastoma farmaceutica argon pharma 20130725134805.html retrieved june 6 2015 reference in spanish http www.elperiodico.com es noticias economia som biotech alia con vall dhebron para probar farmaco 3250892 retrieved june 6 2015 reference in spanish http www.elglobal.net noticias medicamento 2014 02 07 industria innovadora un compuesto de som biotech es designado huerfano por la fda pagina.aspx idart 813864 retrieved june 6 2015 reference in spanish http agencias.abc.es agencias noticia.asp noticia 1466235 retrieved june 6 2015 reference in spanish http prensa.lacaixa.es caixabank notas de prensa la caixa y el ministerio de industria energia y turismo a traves de enisa galardonan a som biotech from the bench symborg y enigmedia con los premios emprendedorxxi 1775 c 18948 . html retrieved june 6 2015 reference in spanish retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title som biotech & oldid 668258274 categories pharmaceutical companies of spain navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa ol edit links this page was last modified on 23 june 2015 at 08 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view