Heptares hooks up with top university to investigate apelin receptor

31 January 2017

Heptares Therapeutics, a subsidiary of Japanese drugmaker Sosei Group (TYO: 4565), has launched a new research collaboration with one of the world’s leading universities.

The collaboration, focused on apelin receptor in cardiovascular diseases, is with the UK’s University of Cambridge and is part of Heptares’ Orbit initiative to promote and broaden the application of its proprietary structure-based drug design expertise directed at such G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) to create transformative medicine.

"The apelin receptor is emerging as an exciting new target in the regulation of cardiovascular function and offers a unique approach to treat a number of serious cardiovascular diseases"

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