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GSK Spending Spree Continues With Sosei Heptares Pact

Deal Covers Candidates For IBD

 
• By Kevin Grogan

Having just entered into drug discovery partnerships with Surface Oncology and Adrestia, GSK is paying £34m upfront to team up with Sosei Heptares to evaluate treatments for gastrointestinal immune disorders.

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December Deals For GSK • Source: Archive

GlaxoSmithKline plc has continued its flurry of R&D deal-making by becoming the latest major drug maker to partner with Sosei Heptares and inked a deal targeting immune disorders of the digestive system that could be worth up to £370m to the Japanese group.

The agreement is focused on the discovery and development of oral, small -agonists of GPR35, an orphan G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) with genetic association to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). GSK...

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