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Shire Picks Up Option for CNS Drug in $190M Heptares Deal

March 21, 2012

LONDON – Heptares Therapeutics Ltd. said the starting gun has been fired on a $190 million-plus-royalties deal, after Shire plc decided to take up its option on an A2A antagonist discovered by Heptares.

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Neurotrimin unveiled as marker in intellectual disability

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Neurotrimin (NTM) is a member of the IgLON family, the disruption of which has been tied to emotional learning deficits and anxiety-like behavior in animal...

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Biallelic variants in COX18 identified as cause of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

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Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is a group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous sensorimotor peripheral neuropathies. It is the most frequent inherited...

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Cell/gene therapy sector now sustainable; China competition mounting

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There was an upbeat message for cell and gene therapy companies in the 2026 industry update presented as the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference opened on Monday,...