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Drug Discovery

New protein degrader collaboration announced

by Shi En Kim
July 30, 2023 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 101, Issue 25

 

The Japanese companies Astellas Pharma and PeptiDream have announced a collaboration to discover new protein degraders for two targets of Astellas’s choosing and potentially another three. PeptiDream boasts a discovery platform for macrocyclic peptide drugs that is licensed from the University of Tokyo. On top of the $21 million cash sum PeptiDream will receive from the deal, the company is also eligible for royalties and $150 million in milestones per target.

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