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Brain Science Institute Announces License Agreement to Develop New Treatments for Neurological Disease

March 12, 2010- Johns Hopkins University’s newly formed Brain Science Institute’s NeuroTranslational Program has entered into a licensing agreement with pharmaceutical company Eisai Inc. to discover and develop small molecule glutamate carboxypeptidase II (GCPII) inhibitors.

The NeuroTranslational Program was launched in 2009 staffed with seasoned drug-discovery scientists to work side by side with Johns Hopkins faculty to help translate basic science discoveries into small molecule therapeutics.

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