New US venture aiming for novel oncology targets
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Executive Summary
A new drug discovery venture, FORMA Therapeutics, has been set up in the US, with a focus on the identification of novel oncology targets. Most of the co-founders come from the Broad Institute, a medical research initiative set up by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with philanthropic funding.
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