Unlock new possibilities with Starpharma's cutting-edge DEP® drug delivery platform through strategic partnerships, collaborations, and licensing. Our technology, validated in clinical trials and backed by an extensive intellectual property portfolio, has the potential to significantly enhance the therapeutic and commercial value of many drugs, including oncology chemotherapeutics, non-oncology molecules, antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), and radiotheranostics.
Discover The Potential of Starpharma's DEP® Drug Delivery Platform
Why Partner with Starpharma?
- Innovative Technology: Our DEP® platform employs dendrimers to improve drug performance, efficacy, and safety, enabling targeted and precisely controlled administration.
- Intellectual Property: Generate new IP and extend the patent life of drugs through our technology.
- Clinically Validated Technology: More than 350 patients have been treated with Starpharma’s DEP® drug delivery technology across multiple clinical programs.
- Collaborative Research: Access our DEP® platform for performance improvement through collaborative research and licensing agreements.
- Proven Partnerships: We have established successful partnerships with leading pharmaceutical companies and research institutes.
Contact our Business Development team at busdev@starpharma.com to find out more about partnering and how our dendrimer technology can benefit your research program.

Key Features of Starpharma’s DEP® Drug Delivery Technology
- Clinically validated: Proven efficacy in pharmaceutical applications, including oncology.
- Precise manufacturing, characterization and scale-up: Ensures reliability and scalability.
- Targeted delivery: Allows preferential accumulation in target areas.
- Flexible pharmacokinetics (PK) management: Customize PK and biodistribution properties of drugs to enhance and preserve efficacy while minimising toxicity.
- Enhanced drug:antibody ratios (DAR): Achieve therapeutics with high DARs in a single conjugation step not possible with established ADC approaches.
- Customizable options: Tailor payload, linker and dendrimer size for novel therapy approaches.
- Depth of experience: Over 20 years leading dendrimer technology, translating discovery and research into clinical and commercial products.
How You Can Partner with Us
Select Your Partnership Model
Choose the right partnership model for your research, whether it’s accessing our research-ready DEP® dendrimers compatible with a range of targeting moieties, a research collaboration, or a platform license.
Our Partnership Models
Strategic Alliance | Acceleration | DEP® Platform Access | R&D Partnership | Star Navigator |
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Optimize and Test
Investigate how increased payloads, customized pharmacokinetics (PK) and biodistribution can improve efficacy and reduce toxicity in your drug delivery program.
Collaborate with Our Experts
Work alongside Starpharma’s experienced team to refine and scale your approach, ensuring seamless progression from research to GMP production.
Advance Your Drug Development
Leverage our deep expertise to accelerate your path from concept to commercialization while enhancing your Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio.
Who Should Collaborate?
- Biotechnology companies
- Academic institutions
- Investment and Venture Capital firms
- mAb developers
- ADC specialists
- CDMOs
- Companies focused on 505(b)(2) formulations
- Drug delivery and target discovery companies
- Developers of novel chemotherapeutic payloads
Ready to Learn More? Connect with Us Today
Book a consultation call by emailing busdev@starpharma.com. Let’s explore how Starpharma can elevate your research.
Sales and Distribution Partners
Starpharma continues to explore partnerships to expand the global presence of its commercial products, VivaGel® BV and VIRALEZE™. The company focuses on partners with strong marketing, distribution, and regulatory capabilities.
If you are interested in obtaining distribution rights for these products or would like to discuss how the DEP® platform can enhance your product or development candidate, we encourage you to contact our business development team at busdev@starpharma.com.
Partner with us
Contact our business development team to explore partnership opportunities with Starpharma.
Business Development
T: +61 3 8532 2700
E: busdev@starpharma.com