AstraZeneca signs up Regulus in microRNA deal
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Regulus Therapeutics, a microRNA-focused drug developer, has added to its impressive roster of pharmaceutical partners by signing a new deal with AstraZeneca.
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