Amgen, Sanofi, Ono link with academia on proteins project

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S.-based Amgen, France's Sanofi and Ono Pharmaceutical of Japan have linked with three research institutes to study a super-family of proteins controlling everything from taste to the spread of cancer. The decision by the three drugmakers to join forces with academia to generate high-resolution pictures of hundreds of proteins known as G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) is part of a growing trend to pool early-stage drug research. ...

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