Friday, July 27, 2007

CORRECTED - UPDATE 1-Glaxo signs $1.5 bln drug deal with Targacept

(Reuters) - LONDON, July 27 - GlaxoSmithKline Plc took
a further step to boost its new drug pipeline on Friday by
clinching a drug development deal potentially worth more than
$1.5 billion with U.S. biotech firm Targacept Inc. .




The alliance gives Europe's biggest drugmaker access to
Targacept's neuronal nicotinic receptor compounds, including an
experimental drug in mid-stage Phase II clinical trials for
acute post-operative pain.


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