Heptares granted patents covering stabilised receptor technology in Europe and Japan
Key patent grants protect Heptares’ leading position in GPCR-targeted drug design and discovery
This patent family broadly covers methods for transforming GPCRs, which are highly unstable when removed from cellular membranes, into stabilised forms (StaRs®) corresponding to selected pharmacologically relevant conformations using any method of mutagenesis, expression or assay. The unique properties of StaRs® have enabled Heptares to build a powerful and integrated platform designed to exploit, for the first time, the full range of structure-based approaches for drug discovery. Using this approach, the Company is building a pipeline of first-in-class and best-in-class GPCR-targeted medicines, with a focus on CNS and metabolic indications.
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