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Nxera Pharma to Receive US$3.6 Million in Milestone Payment Pursuant to Research Collaboration with Centessa
Tokyo, Japan and Cambridge, UK, 13 January 2026 – Nxera Pharma Co., Ltd. (“Nxera” or “the Company”; TSE 4565) notes that Centessa Pharmaceuticals has achieved an early development milestone associated with its investigational, orally administered, highly potent and selective orexin receptor 2 (OX2R) agonist, ORX142, in development for the treatment of neurological and neurodegenerative disorders. This milestone triggers a payment of US$3.6 million to Nxera pursuant to its research collaboration
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