Kubota Vision Announces Signing of Open Innovation Agreement with LEO Pharma A/S to Screen Novel VAP-1 Inhibitor Compounds for Inflammatory Skin Diseases
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kubota Vision Inc. (“Kubota Vision”), formerly known as Acucela Inc., a clinical-stage specialty ophthalmology company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Kubota Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd. (Tokyo 4596), announced today the signing of an Open Innovation Agreement with LEO Pharma A/S (“LEO Pharma”) to screen novel Vascular Adhesion Protein-1 (VAP-1) inhibitor compounds discovered by Kubota Vision. LEO Pharma will evaluate the compounds in disease assays for potential t