Laekna Acquires Exclusive Worldwide Rights to Two Clinical Stage Oncology Assets Laekna to Develop and Commercialize Two Oral Akt Inhibitors with Positive Proof-of-concept Results PR Newswire SHANGHAI, July 31, 2018 SHANGHAI , July 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Laekna Inc., a biotechnology company headquartered in Shanghai , announced today the signing of an agreement with Novartis Pharma AG for exclusive global rights to develop and commercialize two oral Novartis clinical-stage oncology assets. The candidates are oral pan-Akt kinase inhibitors. Over ten clinical Phase I/II studies for afuresertib (ASB183) and uprosertib (UPB795) have been conducted in several cancer indications including ovarian and gastric cancer, multiple myeloma, melanoma, and other indications. […]