SOSEI TO ACQUIRE ARAKIS FOR GBP106.5 MILLION

Sosei Co. Ltd , a leading Japanese biopharmaceutical company with operations in Japan and the UK, announces that it has agreed terms with Arakis and its shareholders to combine its business with Arakis Limited ("Arakis"), a private UK-based biopharmaceutical company, bringing together two highly successful product discovery and development companies. The enlarged group will have a broad mid- to late-stage clinical and pre-clinical pipeline, products with near term revenue generation potential, complementary product discovery capabilities and strengths in Europe and Asia.

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