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Sosei Heptares Eyes Asia Build-Out On Internal, External Assets

Parallel To Partnering

 
• By Ian Haydock

Japan-UK firm is looking to build on a combination of internal and external assets to pursue a more independent business development path in Japan and beyond, in parallel with ongoing discovery and development collaborations.

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Japan-UK company puts pieces in place for next stage • Source: Shutterstock

When Chris Cargill became president and CEO of Sosei Heptares in March 2022, high on his initial to-do list were a number of items around the transition of the Japan-UK company to the next stage of its journey.

There were four main strategic goals: make the company’s R&D unit as effective as possible; put translational medicine at the forefront; merge the preclinical and early development teams in the UK under a new translational

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