Life after acquisition? Heptares CEO on living with Sosei
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Heptares, a structure-based drug design specialist, was one of the shinier jewels in the UK biotech crown prior to its $400m acquisition by Sosei earlier this year. CEO and chairman Malcolm Weir, who hung on to his position and even added executive vice president and chief R&D officer at Sosei to his job title, spoke to Scrip about how life has changed after being swallowed up by a Japanese pharma company, and highlights from a recent R&D day in Japan.
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