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Heptares, Cubist Join On GPCR Research

by Rick Mullin
January 14, 2013 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 91, Issue 2

Heptares Therapeutics and Cubist Pharmaceuticals will collaborate on the discovery of new therapies targeting G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) using Heptares’ drug discovery platform. Under the agreement, Cubist will hold exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialize drug candidates identified by the partners. Cubist will pay Heptares $5.5 million up front and up to $4 million in research funding, plus milestones and royalties, for the first drug target. GPCRs are membrane proteins involved in a broad range of biological processes and diseases.

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