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BLR has been a consultant for the following entities for the past 36 months: Michael J Fox Foundation, National Institute of Health, BMS-Otsuka, ArYX Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline, AMRI Inc., Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Epix Pharmaceuticals, Merck, Wyeth-Solvay Alliance, DaiNippon Sumitomo, Invitrogen, LaboPharma, and Medivation. BLR receives grant and contract support from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Drug Abuse. MF has nothing to disclose.
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Farrell, M., Roth, B. Allosteric Antipsychotics: M4 Muscarinic Potentiators as Novel Treatments for Schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacol 35, 851–852 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2009.206
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