Axxam is the proud recipient of numerous grants and awards from government agencies at local, national and international level that recognize our contribution to technological innovation. These grants and awards contribute to our continuing investment in new technologies and research and development in drug discovery and life sciences applications.

The majority of grants have been received from the European Commission, the Italian Ministry of Research (MUR), the Italian Ministry of Economic Develpment (MSE), the Italian Ministry of the Economy, the Lombardy Region of Italy and the Sardinia Region of Italy.

Active projects

Fast Forward LLC and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)
Sponsored Research Agreement
Title: Identification of Kv1.3 blockers for treatment of Type1 diabetes and Multiple Sclerosis
Start: December 2009

European Commission
Seventh Framework Programme
Title: Neuron - glia interactions in health and disease (NGIDD)
Start: April 2008

European Commission
Sixth Framework Programme
Title: Production of innovative biomedical drugs (CONCO)
Start: February 2007

European Commission
Sixth Framework Programme
Title: Development of clinical diagnostic tools in atherosclerosis (SOUTH)
Start: October 2006

Lombardy Region - Metadistretti 2008
Title: NaVs for Pain - From the molecular target to therapy:
a drug discovery integrated process for innovative pain treatments
Start: November 2008

Italian Ministry of Research (MIUR) and Lombardy Region
Law 593/2000 art.12
Title: Identification and characterization of GPCRs
(G protein - coupled receptors) inhibitors
Start: March 2006

Completed projects

European Commission
Sixth Framework Programme
Title: Targeting Cell Migration In Chronic Inflammation (MAIN)
Term: July 2006 - December 2008

Lombardy Region - Metadistretti 2005
Title: Identification and characterization of chemokine receptors
Term: July 2006 - December 2008

Italian Ministry of Research (MIUR) and Sardinia Region
Law 593/2000 art.5
Title: Development of methodologies for the modelling and the study of biodrugs
Term: January 2006 - October 2008

Lombardy Region-Metadistretti 2003
Title: Application of mouse embryonic stem cells in HTS
Term: January 2005 - June 2007

Italian Ministry of Productive Activities (MAP)
Law 1982/46 - Lombardy FIT
Title: Novel targets identification
Term: September 2004 - August 2008

Italian Ministry of Research (MIUR)
Law 593/2000 art.10
Title: Drug discovery technologies
Term: September 2003 - August 2007