Vantia Ltd

Vantia Therapeutics is a UK-based R&D company focused on first-in-class therapies for recognised markets which are underserved by current therapies. Formed in 2008 as a spin-out of Ferring Research Ltd’s small molecule R&D, it has two clinical phase products, VA106483 for the treatment of nocturia in BPH patients and VA111913 for the treatment of dysmenorrhoea, as well as preclinical and discovery programmes based on protease inhibition with potential in the areas of oncology and inflammation. The company’s investors include MVM Life Science Partners, SV Life Sciences and Novo A/S. Vantia Therapeutics is situated on Southampton Science Park, UK, where it occupies 10,000 sq ft of chemistry and biology facilities.