Drug development from Australian elapid snake venoms and the Venomics pipeline of candidates for haemostasis: Textilinin-1 (Q8008), Haempatch™ (Q8009) and CoVase™ (V0801).

Snake venoms are attractive for drug discovery and development, with a number of therapeutics derived from snake venom either in clinical use or in development. Recognising this opportunity, Australian biopharmaceutical company QRxPharma Ltd and its subsidiary Venomics Pty Ltd (VPL) has partnered with the University of Queensland (UQ) to screen and develop drug candidates from Australian elapid snake venoms. VPL has three haemostasis candidates in early preclinical development.