Inhibrx LLC
Biotherapeutics discovery and development
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Inhibrx LLC focuses on biologic therapeutic development in areas where there are unmet needs for novel or better drugs, and where the preclinical models clearly demonstrate the potential for success in the clinic. Its model is to license its programs to pharmaceutical and biotech companies for clinical development and commercialization, with no plans to carry out those steps on its own.
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