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GlaxoSmithKline plc / Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

2009 · Licensing/Option · $35M · Complete

Outcome grade pending — assessed 5 years post-close.

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The coverage arc

May 12, 2009 GlaxoSmithKline plc Form 6-K (SEC) Neutral

GSK Form 6-K furnishing corporate disclosures contemporaneous with the Concert Pharmaceuticals deuterium-modified drug alliance announcement.

Jun 30, 2009 Chemistry World (RSC) Bullish

Chemistry World quoted Concert CEO Roger Tung calling deuterium chemistry potentially analogous to 'what happened with fluorine in the 1950s' and framing…

Jun 15, 2011 MedCity News Neutral

MedCity News framed the program advancement as a needed boost for GSK's HIV pipeline given Combivir generic erosion and an FDA clinical hold on another…

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Strategic alliance for deuterium-modified medicines: $35M upfront incl. $16.7M equity; CTP-518 (HIV PI), preclinical CKD compound, 3rd program. Source: GSK press, Concert filings.

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