Vectura Reaps Value From Pan-JAK Inhibitor For Severe Asthma

Kinaset Therapeutics To Evaluate Candidate

The UK’s Vectura plc is gaining value from its back catalog of novel compounds through licensing its pan-JAK inhibitor, VR588, to a US start-up, the venture capital-backed Kinaset Therapeutics.  

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A new US biotech start-up, Kinaset Therapeutics, founded to develop new therapies for asthma, will have as its lead compound a novel pan-JAK inhibitor, KN-002, which is licensed from the UK inhalation specialist company Vectura Group plc and is expected to enter clinical studies in the first half of 2021. 

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