Acucela Secures Option to Exclusively Acquire Novel Retinal Technology
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acucela Inc. (“Acucela”), a clinical-stage ophthalmology company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Kubota Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd. (Tokyo 4596) that specializes in identifying and developing novel therapeutics to treat and slow the progression of sight-threatening ophthalmic diseases, and EyeMedics, LLC, a drug development company focusing on small molecule therapeutics for the eye, announced today an R&D agreement and exclusive option to acquire the global r