DISCOVERY PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCES SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERY COLLABORATION WITH ONO PHARMACEUTICAL

Discovery Partners International, Inc. (Nasdaq: DPII -- News) announced today that they have successfully agreed on their collaboration with Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. DPI will collaborate with Ono on multiple hit-to-lead and lead optimization projects. Financial terms of the collaboration and the therapeutic focus of the collaboration were not disclosed.

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