Argenta announces integrated drug discovery collaboration with Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.
Argenta today announced that it has entered into a drug discovery collaboration with Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (NYSE:RDY) in the area of pain and inflammation.
- (1888PressRelease) January 06, 2011 - Argenta will apply its integrated drug discovery platform and expertise for hit-to-lead and lead optimization on multiple Dr. Reddy’s discovery targets in pain and inflammation. The aim of the collaboration is to deliver high quality development candidates to support Dr. Reddy’s research efforts for proprietary products.
Dr. John Montana, Managing Director of Argenta, commented: “We are excited to be working with Dr. Reddy’s in identifying novel and differentiated drug candidates for multiple targets meeting unmet clinical needs in pain and inflammation”.
About Argenta
Argenta’s contract research, which includes expertise in medicinal chemistry, computer-aided drug discovery, in vitro biology, analytics, in vivo pharmacokinetics, pharmacology and world-leading respiratory models, has a strong reputation for scientific excellence. Argenta is a service division of Galapagos NV (Euronext: GLPG) and employs over 140 people in the UK with its main operations in Harlow. More info at: www.argentadiscovery.com
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John Montana, Managing Director
+44 (0)1279 645647
john.montana ( @ ) glpg dot com
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