Avicenna Biosciences was founded to solve the intractable challenges that previously stopped drug candidates in their tracks. We have created an ML-driven medicinal chemistry platform that makes Lead Optimization faster, cheaper, and more successful – transforming sub-optimal development candidates into life-saving drugs. The platform has seen rapid success in discovering the first orally available, CNS-penetrant ROCK inhibitors for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, with IND-enabling studies initiated just one year since the program kicked off.