Why we aren't naming our candidates yet

Fair question people keep asking: if you really have candidates, why not just say what they are?

Short answer: composition and use claims around a specific molecule are patentable, but only until you disclose them publicly. The moment a compound-target pairing is out in a forum post, any patent filing on that specific claim becomes much weaker or is foreclosed entirely in most jurisdictions. For a pre-seed project with no funding yet, that filing hasn't happened.

This isn't about hiding the work. Our full computational pipeline, the validation methodology, and even the docking logs for public reference molecules are all open (see the pinned thread on redocking validation). What stays closed for now is specifically which real-world compounds we're pointing that pipeline at.

Under NDA, we already share full identities with contract research organizations once we're placing a real order - that's standard practice in the industry and CROs handle confidential compounds routinely. The same will go for serious investors or partners.

Once patent filing (or a deliberate decision not to patent) is settled, the anonymization goes away and we'll publish the full picture, including what didn't work, not just what did.