Lilly and Asahi Kasei Pharma Announce License Agreement for Chronic Pain Drug Candidate
Lilly and Asahi Kasei Pharma Announce License Agreement for Chronic Pain Drug Candidate News provided by Share this article Share this article INDIANAPOLIS and TOKYO, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation today announced a license agreement whereby Lilly will acquire the exclusive rights for AK1780 from Asahi Kasei Pharma. AK1780 is an orally bioavailable P2X7 receptor antagonist that recently completed Phase 1 single and multiple ascending dose and clinical pharmacology studies. P2X7 receptors have been consistently implicated in n...