Vicore Pharma receives funding for development of angiotensin AT2-receptor agonists for potential treatment of multiple sclerosis

Gothenburg, Sweden, December 20, 2012: Vicore Pharma today announced funding support from Fast Forward, LLC, a not-for-profit organization established by the U.S. National Multiple Sclerosis Society and EMD Serono,Inc., a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. The funding award will help support the research of angiotensin AT2-receptor agonists for the potential treatment of multiple sclerosis under a three-party collaboration with Vicore Pharma, The Department for Medicinal Chemistry at Uppsala University, Sweden and Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany. “We are delighted