Abbott licenses Reata's CKD candidate outside the US for $450 million
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Executive Summary
Abbott Laboratories and Reata Pharmaceuticals have entered into a collaboration agreement to develop and commercialise bardoxolone methyl, which is currently in late Phase II trials for the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD).
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