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Drug Discovery

Sosei Heptares gets $26 million from Takeda for GPCR collaboration

by Ryan Cross
August 9, 2019 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 97, Issue 32

 

Sosei Heptares, a specialist in small-molecule drug discovery for G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs), is collaborating with Takeda Pharmaceutical. Sosei will receive up to $26 million in near-term payments as it works on drug candidates against multiple GPCRs for gastrointestinal conditions. Sosei could earn more than $1.2 billion in future milestones. Sosei struck a similar deal with Genentech in July for a variety of diseases.

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