Receptos Pharmaceuticals Inc Acquires Apoptos Inc for Undisclosed Sum
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Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5b532f4b-a08b-4978-a83f-cbad6b4d3f21&Preview=1
Date 6/26/2009
Company Name Apoptos Inc
Mailing Address 10835 Road to the Cure San Diego, CA 92121
Company Description Apoptos Inc. is focused on developing novel small molecule drug therapies that directly induce tumor cell apoptosis. Using founding technology licensed from Burnham Institute for Medical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, Apoptos is pioneering its anticancer platforms in close collaborations with preeminent scientists in the fields of apoptosis and experimental cancer therapy. Evasion of apoptosis pathways is central to cancer cell survival and reactivation of these cell-death pathways offers attractive anticancer drug development opportunities.