Biohaven Enters Exclusive License and Research Collaboration Agreement with KU Leuven to Advance First-in-Class TRPM3 Antagonists for the Treatment of Pain
TRPM3 is a cation channel involved in pain signaling and a novel target for the treatment of pain discovered at KU Leuven's LICR.
- TRPM3 is a cation channel involved in pain signaling and a novel target for the treatment of pain discovered at KU Leuven's LICR.
- There is an urgent unmet need for safe, effective treatments for pain, and TRPM3 antagonism is a promising approach to advance new pain therapies.
- Under the agreement, Biohaven Therapeutics receives exclusive global rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize KU Leuven's small-molecule TRPM3 antagonists.
- Biohaven Therapeutics will support further basic and translational research at KU Leuven on the role of TRPM3 in pain and other disorders.