Article: Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Shares Early Stage Data on Sleep Compound, TAK-375; Data Presented at the American Psychiatric Association Meeting Reveals Mechanism of Action and Unique Binding Site.

SAN FRANCISCO -- SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Results from early-stage trials demonstrate that TAK-375, under development by Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America (TPNA) for chronic and transient insomnia, is a highly selective ML-1 receptor agonist. The ML-1 receptor is a key mediator of natural sleep and may be an important new target for sleep agents.

In pre-clinical studies presented today at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) annual meeting in San Francisco, TAK-375 showed high selectivity for the ML-1 receptor with greater affinity, selectivity, and potency than melatonin, which is produced by the pineal gland and known to regulate sleep ...

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