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Under the acquisition, Novo Nordisk receives the full rights to develop and commercialize the lead program to treat obesity and related co-morbidities.
The collaboration aims to accelerate Endevica’s development of advanced GPCR-targeting therapeutics on receptor sets both novel and complimentary to its lead compound to creat first-in-class therapeutics for cachexia caused by cancer and other chronic conditions.
AstraZeneca has entered into a collaboration with Regeneron to research, develop and commercialise small molecule compounds directed against the GPR75 target with the potential to treat obesity and related co-morbidities.