SUVN-502 is the lead compound, selected from a series of more than 500 compounds, which were innovatively designed and developed using the combination of traditional and rational medicinal chemistry approaches.
Suven is also in discussions for potential licensing partners for this compound. Timing of the licensing would depend on the deal terms and ability to get co-promotion rights in some of the regulated markets. The Company targets launching the molecule in 2012 and aims to be an early launcher in this class. Other molecules in the same category currently under development include GSK's molecule presently in Phase II.
Suven Life Science is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel pharmaceutical products, which are first in class or best in class therapies through the use of GPCR targets. The Company has six internally discovered therapeutic drug candidates currently in pre-clinical stage of development targeting conditions such as ADHD, dementia, depression, Huntington's disease. Parkinson's disease and obesity are in addition to developmental candidates in Alzheimer's disease and Schizophrenia.