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Sosei Heptares Adds Lilly To Big Pharma Client List

Inks Diabetes And Metabolic Diseases Deal

 
• By Kevin Grogan

The Japan-UK group is ending the year on a high, banking $37m upfront from a pact with Eli Lilly that will focus on finding small molecules which modulate G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) targets.

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Sosei Heptares has added Eli Lilly and Company to its lengthy list of big pharma partners with the signing of a potentially lucrative metabolic disease pact.

The Japan-UK company is teaming up with Lilly to discover, develop and commercialize small molecules that modulate novel G protein-coupled...

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