The New Revolutionary: Ovid's Levin On Pioneering In Neurology
Executive Summary
Emerging Company Profile: Orphan disease-focused Ovid Therapeutics, with $80m in VC financing in the bag and an alliance with Takeda, recently raised $75m in a US initial public offering. Scrip spoke with CEO Jeremy Levin and chief business and finance officer Yaron Werber before the recent IPO about how the young biotech firm intends to become a successful neurology company.
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